Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation, Traditional System (6. O-O O-O)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation, Traditional System is a chess opening classified as ECO D26, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Accepted. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 42 times by this move order. White won 52%, 5% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 7. Nc3 (60% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.43 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 7. Qe2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nc3 Nc6)
- ECO
- D26
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
rnbq1rk1/ppp1bppp/4pn2/8/2BP4/4PN2/PP3PPP/RNBQ1RK1 w - - 3 7- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 21 | |
| 2000+ | 19 | |
| All | 42 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. Nc3 Normal Variation, Traditional System (6… O-O 7. Nc3) | 25 (60%) | |
| 7. Qe2 | 8 (19%) | |
| 7. b3 | 3 (7%) | |
| 7. Qc2 | 2 (5%) | |
| 7. a3 | 2 (5%) | |
| 7. Bd3 | 1 (2%) | |
| 7. Re1 | 1 (2%) |
Master games
41 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 51%, draw 27%, Black 22%). The strongest:
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2731) – GM Srinath Narayanan (2516) 0-1 · Chessable Masters Play-In · 2025-02-17
- GM Jeffery Xiong (2646) – FM Patryk Cieslak (2458) 0-1 · Titled Tue 15th Jul Early · 2025-07-15
- GM Haik M. Martirosyan (2652) – IM Soham Kamotra (2430) 1/2-1/2 · Aeroflot Open A 2025 · 2025-03-04
- GM Paulius Pultinevicius (2566) – GM Srinath Narayanan (2516) 1-0 · Chessable Masters Play-In · 2025-02-17
- GM Shant Sargsyan (2666) – IM Rasmus Skytte (2343) 1-0 · 25th ch-EUR Indiv 2025 · 2025-03-15
Highest-rated Lichess games
- ScaryIndianJunior (2793) – Superstitions_Guy (2687) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- July16Q (2640) – TheorySpeedrun (2711) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- CM Thetriple_G (2416) – sleepysl0th (2468) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation, Traditional System (4. e3 e6) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation, Traditional System (6… O-O 7. Nc3) D26 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3
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.