Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Main Line (8. Bb3 Bb7)
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
The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Main Line is a chess opening classified as ECO D29, reached after 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. 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 3 times by this move order. White won 33%, 0% were drawn and Black won 67%. The most popular continuation is 9. Rd1 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 9. a4 Nbd7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8)
- ECO
- D29
- Moves
- 16 plies
- FEN
rn1qkb1r/1b3ppp/p3pn2/1pp5/3P4/1B2PN2/PP2QPPP/RNB2RK1 w kq - 2 9- PGN
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
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 3 | |
| All | 3 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 9. Rd1 | 3 (100%) |
Master games
27 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 30%, draw 18%, Black 52%). The strongest:
- GM Dambasuren Batsuren (2519) – GM Andrew Hong (2525) 0-1 · St Louis Summer B · 2023-08-04
- GM Stellan Brynell (2431) – GM Mads Andersen (2572) 0-1 · 59th TCh-DEN Ex 2021-22 · 2021-10-31
- IM Karina Ambartsumova (2406) – GM Alexander Rustemov (2525) 0-1 · Titled Tue 28th May Late · 2024-05-28
- GM Pa Iniyan (2556) – IM Viani Antonio Dcunha (2327) 0-1 · 22nd Dubai Open 2022 · 2022-08-29
- GM Daniel W Gormally (2425) – IM Yichen Han (2417) 1/2-1/2 · Thinkers Publishing GM · 2024-08-12
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Metal_Slug99 (2399) – Janet88 (2594) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
- BonChanz (2370) – Alekhine_Style (2325) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- denk_er (2246) – zalito1 (2299) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
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
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Main Line (8… Bb7 9. Nc3) 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 9. Nc3
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System, Smyslov Variation 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 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Bd6
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.