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
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. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 18 times by this move order. White won 44%, 0% were drawn and Black won 56%. The most popular continuation is 7… b5 (61% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 7… b5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. dxc5)
- ECO
- D28
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
rnbqkb1r/1p3ppp/p3pn2/2p5/2BP4/4PN2/PP2QPPP/RNB2RK1 b kq - 1 7- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 2 | |
| 2000+ | 16 | |
| All | 18 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… b5 Classical Defense, Alekhine System (7. Qe2 b5) | 11 (61%) | |
| 7… Nc6 | 5 (28%) | |
| 7… cxd4 | 2 (11%) |
Master games
45 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 40%, draw 22%, Black 38%). The strongest:
- GM A.R. Saleh Salem (2639) – GM Nihal Sarin (2688) 1-0 · Alef Super Stars Rapid · 2023-12-05
- GM Nils Grandelius (2651) – GM Kacper Piorun (2623) 1/2-1/2 · Enea TCh-POL Ekstraliga · 2022-09-06
- GM Jeffery Xiong (2656) – GM Alexander Rustemov (2525) 1-0 · 2nd 3-0 Thu 27th Aug 2026 · 2026-08-27
- GM Jeffery Xiong (2656) – GM Alexander Rustemov (2525) 1-0 · 1st 3-0 Thu 2nd Jul 2026 · 2026-07-02
- GM Dariusz Swiercz (2617) – GM Artyom Timofeev (2542) 1/2-1/2 · 22nd Abu Dhabi Masters · 2015-08-25
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Metal_Slug99 (2399) – Janet88 (2594) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
- Lucky-Luke-Skywalker (2460) – SHEFFFF (2448) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- goranchess1 (2423) – SHEFFFF (2423) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Main Line (6. O-O a6) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Alekhine System (7. Qe2 b5) D28 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5
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.