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Queen's Gambit Refused, Chigorin Defense, Janowski Variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.Nf3

ECO: D07

Average Player Rating: 2219

Performance Rating: 2354

Color: white

Opening Statistics

White Win %

70.1%

Black Win %

15.7%

Draw %

14.2%

Chess Trivia

Did you know? The longest official chess game lasted 269 moves (I. Nikolic vs. Arsovic, 1989) and ended in a draw.

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- Siegbert Tarrasch

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