Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System (7. Qe2 b5)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5
The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System is a chess opening classified as ECO D28, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Accepted. White is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 11 times by this move order. White won 27%, 0% were drawn and Black won 73%. The most popular continuation is 8. Bd3 (55% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5)
- ECO
- D28
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
rnbqkb1r/5ppp/p3pn2/1pp5/2BP4/4PN2/PP2QPPP/RNB2RK1 w kq - 0 8- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 10 | |
| All | 11 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8. Bd3 | 6 (55%) | |
| 8. Bb3 | 5 (45%) |
Master games
67 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 43%, draw 24%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- GM Anish Giri (2762) – GM Pavel Eljanov (2720) 1-0 · 21st European Teams · 2017-10-29
- GM Daniil Dubov (2708) – GM Nihal Sarin (2670) 1-0 · World Rapid 2022 · 2022-12-27
- GM Evgeny Postny (2670) – GM Romain Edouard (2627) 1/2-1/2 · London Classic Open 2015 · 2015-12-10
- GM Daniil Dubov (2708) – GM Visakh N R (2538) 0-1 · Titled Tue 14th Mar Late · 2023-03-14
- GM Daniil Dubov (2708) – GM Alexander Rustemov (2525) 1-0 · chess.com SpeedChess Q1Sw · 2022-11-10
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Metal_Slug99 (2399) – Janet88 (2594) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
- CM handyfish97 (2418) – eloyou314 (2339) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 600 + 0s
- BonChanz (2370) – Alekhine_Style (2325) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System (6… a6 7. Qe2) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Main Line (8. Bb3 Bb7) D29 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical, Flohr Variation D28 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. Rd1 c4 10. Bc2 Nb4 11. Nc3 Nxc2 12. Qxc2 Bb7 13. d5 Qc7
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.