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Queen's Gambit Declined, Traditional Variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5

ECO: D30

Average Player Rating: 2213

Performance Rating: 2247

Color: white

Opening Statistics

White Win %

42.7%

Black Win %

25.3%

Draw %

32%

Chess Trivia

Did you know? The shortest possible chess game that can end in a checkmate is called 'Fool's Mate' and can be achieved in just two moves.

Chess Quote

"To play for a draw, at any rate with white, is to some degree a crime against chess."

- Mikhail Tal

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