Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Rubinstein Variation (6… a6 7. a4)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4
The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Rubinstein Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D27, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4. 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 52 times by this move order. White won 42%, 4% were drawn and Black won 54%. The most popular continuation is 7… Nc6 (71% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.11 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 7… Nc6 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4)
- ECO
- D27
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
rnbqkb1r/1p3ppp/p3pn2/2p5/P1BP4/4PN2/1P3PPP/RNBQ1RK1 b kq - 0 7- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 10 | |
| 2000+ | 41 | |
| All | 52 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… Nc6 | 37 (71%) | |
| 7… cxd4 | 8 (15%) | |
| 7… b6 | 6 (12%) | |
| 7… Be7 | 1 (2%) |
Master games
279 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 36%, draw 29%, Black 35%). The strongest:
- StoofvleesII d2 (3479) – Ethereal14.35 (3523) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 26 Premier 2024 · 2024-04-30
- Ethereal14.35 (3523) – StoofvleesII d2 (3479) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 26 Premier 2024 · 2024-04-27
- GM Sam Shankland (2671) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2804) 1/2-1/2 · ch-USA 2018 · 2018-04-22
- GM Jeffery Xiong (2690) – GM Levon Aronian (2775) 1/2-1/2 · Saint Louis Blitz 2022 · 2022-08-30
- GM Gata Kamsky (2681) – GM Romain Edouard (2674) 1/2-1/2 · 30th ECC Open 2014 · 2014-09-20
Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM Letapa_Lepako (2443) – FM IGet_Stronger (2619) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- Lil-Bo_peep (2544) – Nemozgite (2448) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 600 + 0s
- Neftegor (2515) – SHEFFFF (2457) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 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
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.