Queen's Gambit Accepted: Janowski-Larsen Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4
The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Janowski-Larsen Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D25, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4. 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 314 times by this move order. White won 55%, 9% were drawn and Black won 36%. The most popular continuation is 5. Bxc4 (93% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.41 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. h3 Bh5)
- ECO
- D25
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 45 | |
| 1500-1999 | 114 | |
| 2000+ | 155 | |
| All | 314 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. Bxc4 | 292 (93%) | |
| 5. h3 | 7 (2%) | |
| 5. Nbd2 | 5 (2%) | |
| 5. Nc3 | 3 (1%) | |
| 5. Be2 | 3 (1%) | |
| 5. Qa4+ | 2 (1%) | |
| 5. a4 | 1 (0%) | |
| 5. g3 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
1,246 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 41%, draw 26%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- GM Liren Ding (2791) – GM Yangyi Yu (2709) 0-1 · Lindores Abbey Final 8 · 2020-05-27
- GM David Navara (2717) – GM Pentala Harikrishna (2713) 0-1 · 2nd Prague Masters 2020 · 2020-02-21
- GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2716) – GM Pentala Harikrishna (2711) 1-0 · Tata Steel IND Rapid Open · 2023-09-07
- GM Narayanan S L (2647) – GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2777) 0-1 · Tata Steel India Rapid · 2024-11-14
- GM Yue Wang (2699) – GM Dmitry Andreikin (2712) 1/2-1/2 · 45th GM 2017 · 2017-07-15
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Accepted: Janowski-Larsen Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- winx_m (2917) – LOVEHRJ (2755) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- IM ManiacalZerker (2797) – Sunrise34 (2852) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- spartak20 (2725) – IM filolog (2709) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation (3… Nf6 4. e3) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. 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 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.