Queen's Gambit Accepted: Furman Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Furman 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. dxc5 Bxc5. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Accepted. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 17 times by this move order. White won 59%, 0% were drawn and Black won 41%. The most popular continuation is 8. Qxd8+ (88% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.22 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 b5 10. Be2 Ke7)
- ECO
- D27
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
rnbqk2r/1p3ppp/p3pn2/2b5/2B5/4PN2/PP3PPP/RNBQ1RK1 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. dxc5 Bxc5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 17 | |
| All | 17 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8. Qxd8+ | 15 (88%) | |
| 8. Qe2 | 2 (12%) |
Master games
277 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 35%, draw 52%, Black 13%). The strongest:
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2785) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2827) 1/2-1/2 · Gibraltar Masters 2017 · 2017-02-01
- GM Anish Giri (2771) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2808) 1/2-1/2 · 5th Norway Chess 2017 · 2017-06-15
- GM Vladimir Kramnik (2799) – GM Ruslan Ponomariov (2726) 1/2-1/2 · 40th GM · 2012-07-17
- GM Liren Ding (2791) – GM Yangyi Yu (2709) 1/2-1/2 · Lindores Abbey Final 8 · 2020-05-23
- GM So, W. (2760) – GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2713) 1/2-1/2 · 85th Tata Steel Masters · 2023-01-28
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Accepted: Furman Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- manuel-abarca (2551) – Surreptitiously421 (2575) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- Konradius (2505) – askarshahmaty2004 (2543) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
- Janet88 (2554) – antony50 (2414) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
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.