Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation, Traditional System (6… O-O 7. Nc3)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3
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 7. Nc3. 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 25 times by this move order. White won 48%, 4% were drawn and Black won 48%. The most popular continuation is 7… c5 (36% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.35 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 7… c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Be2)
- ECO
- D26
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
rnbq1rk1/ppp1bppp/4pn2/8/2BP4/2N1PN2/PP3PPP/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 4 7- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 15 | |
| 2000+ | 10 | |
| All | 25 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… c5 | 9 (36%) | |
| 7… a6 | 7 (28%) | |
| 7… Nc6 | 4 (16%) | |
| 7… c6 | 3 (12%) | |
| 7… Nbd7 | 1 (4%) | |
| 7… b6 | 1 (4%) |
Master games
35 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 37%, draw 34%, Black 29%). The strongest:
- GM Markus Ragger (2569) – GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2729) 0-1 · Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025 · 2025-09-23
- GM Alexey Sarana (2672) – GM Srinath Narayanan (2516) 1/2-1/2 · Chessable Masters Play-In · 2025-02-17
- GM Momchil Petkov (2522) – GM Evgeny Romanov (2572) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-TUR Super League 2025 · 2025-08-11
- GM Arseniy Nesterov (2593) – IM Soham Kamotra (2430) 1-0 · 18th Agzamov Mem 2025 · 2025-03-27
- GM Marin Bosiocic (2534) – GM Kjetil A. Lie (2480) 1-0 · TCh-NOR Elite 2025-26 · 2026-02-07
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 (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
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.