Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Rubinstein Defense, Yefimov Gambit
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 b5
The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Rubinstein Defense, Yefimov Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO D20, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 b5. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Accepted. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 100 times by this move order. White won 51%, 5% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 5. a4 (54% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.48 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 5. a4 Nf6 6. Nd2 e6 7. dxe6 Bxe6)
- ECO
- D20
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 b5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 30 | |
| 1500-1999 | 60 | |
| 2000+ | 10 | |
| All | 100 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. a4 | 54 (54%) | |
| 5. Nc3 | 24 (24%) | |
| 5. Nf3 | 8 (8%) | |
| 5. a3 | 7 (7%) | |
| 5. Be3 | 3 (3%) | |
| 5. b3 | 2 (2%) | |
| 5. Bd2 | 1 (1%) | |
| 5. f4 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:
- Simon Deighton (1986) – Mark Josse (2173) 0-1 · 4NCL Indiv Rapid 2013 · 2013-10-06
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Vaskacot (2382) – mckhoops (2274) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Mustajab67 (2253) – Mandalang (2343) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 300 + 0s
- PUTNIK_A (2188) – rekordi (2133) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Rubinstein Defense 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5
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: Linares Variation D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation, Billinger Gambit D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation, Christensen Gambit D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation, Korchnoi 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.