Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense, Borisenko-Furman Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e4
The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense, Borisenko-Furman Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D21, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e4. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 43 times by this move order. White won 60%, 10% were drawn and Black won 30%. The most popular continuation is 4… b5 (70% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 4… b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. Nc3 e6 7. axb5)
- ECO
- D21
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e4
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 16 | |
| 1500-1999 | 17 | |
| 2000+ | 10 | |
| All | 43 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… b5 | 30 (70%) | |
| 4… e6 | 5 (12%) | |
| 4… Nf6 | 3 (7%) | |
| 4… Bg4 | 2 (5%) | |
| 4… c6 | 1 (2%) | |
| 4… Nc6 | 1 (2%) | |
| 4… f6 | 1 (2%) |
Master games
49 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 47%, draw 22%, Black 31%). The strongest:
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2770) – GM Alexander Donchenko (2658) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 6th Oct · 2020-10-06
- GM A.R. Saleh Salem (2677) – GM Jeffery Xiong (2692) 1-0 · chess.com SpeedChess Q2KO · 2022-11-13
- GM Pavel Ponkratov (2628) – GM Alexander Donchenko (2658) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 6th Oct · 2020-10-06
- GM A.R. Saleh Salem (2639) – GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh (2646) 0-1 · World Blitz 2023 · 2023-12-29
- GM Gareev, T. (2573) – GM Kirill Alekseenko (2702) 1-0 · World Blitz 2021 · 2021-12-29
Highest-rated Lichess games
- kirdyk (2355) – td17 (2375) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-02 · 300 + 0s
- Petrovich1953-1 (2307) – cplyakap1905 (2289) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
- Al_BundyZG (2246) – Xoxxprs (2331) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
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.