Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense, Alatortsev Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. d5
The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense, Alatortsev Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D22, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. d5. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: +0.03 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 6… Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nf6 9. Qa4+)
- ECO
- D22
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
rn1qkbnr/1pp2ppp/p3p3/3P4/2B3b1/4PN2/PP3PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 0 6- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. d5
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Master games
2 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 50%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- IM Santiago Gonzalez De La Torre (2435) – GM Azer Mirzoev (2553) 1/2-1/2 · XXII Elgoibar Masters · 2012-12-16
- WGM Svetlana Prudnikova (2234) – IM Roland Berzinsh (2376) 0-1 · Panchenko Mem Open 2019 · 2019-09-13
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6
More Queen's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- Queen's Gambit Accepted (2. c4 dxc4) D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Accelerated Mannheim Variation D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Alekhine System D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Greco Variation D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, McDonnell Defense D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, McDonnell Defense, Somov Gambit D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Modern Defense D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Rubinstein Defense D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Rubinstein Defense, Yefimov Gambit D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Linares Variation D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation, Billinger Gambit D20
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.