Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Russian Gambit
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. e4
The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Russian Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO D27, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. e4. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 7… Nxe4 8. Re1 Nd6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. Nxd4)
- ECO
- D27
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
rnbqkb1r/1p3ppp/p3pn2/2p5/2BPP3/5N2/PP3PPP/RNBQ1RK1 b kq - 0 7- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. e4
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Master games
10 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 40%, draw 10%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- IM Karolis Juksta (2408) – IM Khamparia Akshat (2355) 1-0 · Charlotte Fall IMB 2024 · 2024-11-25
- Artemii Khanbutaev (2141) – GM Steven Zierk (2489) 0-1 · 2nd 3-0 Thu 25th Jun 2026 · 2026-06-25
- GM Pierre Laurent-Paoli (2560) – Marcos Lorenzo Duran (2051) 1-0 · 43rd Benasque Open 2024 · 2024-07-06
- IM Ismael Alshameary Puente (2322) – FM Benjamin Perez Manas (2210) 1-0 · TCh-ESP Div 1 2023 · 2023-08-26
- Artemii Khanbutaev (2250) – CM Ismayil Gurbanov (2077) 0-1 · 2nd 3-0 Thu 28th May 2026 · 2026-05-28
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3
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, Billinger Gambit D20
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation, Christensen 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.