Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Exchange Variation, Costa's Line

D07

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 exd4 8. Ne2

How it went

8 ours · 66 masters

White wins 25% Draws 13% Black wins 62%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Rogozenco, Dorian — Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 · 2000
Dautov, Rustem — Morozevich, Alexander 1/2-1/2 · 2000
Topalov, Veselin — Morozevich, Alexander 1-0 · 1999
Van Wely, Loek — Brynell, Stellan 1-0 · 2005
Lautier, Joel — Yermolinsky, Alex 1/2-1/2 · 1998

Games in Spain

Marrero Rodriguez,Jorge (2169) — Fromm,Marius (2477) 1-0
Grinev,V (2422) — Llorente Zaro,A (2440) 1-0
Sabuk,P (2430) — Perez Mitjans,O (2344) 0-1
Hua,L (2305) — Baches Garcia,G (2329) 1/2-1/2
Shapiro,Dan (2284) — Rodriguez Fontecha,M (2309) 0-1
Shapiro,Dan (2284) — Rodriguez Fontecha,M (2309) 0-1
Cuellar Montes,Alejandro (2173) — Shandrygin,Nikita (2209) 0-1
Cuellar Montes,Alejandro (2174) — Shandrygin,Nikita (2209) 0-1

This line is also written

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.e3 e5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 exd4 8.Ne2
1 d4 d5 2 c4 Nc6 3 cxd5 Qxd5 4 e3 e5 5 Nc3 Bb4 6 Bd2 Bxc3 7 Bxc3 exd4 8 Ne2
d4 d5 c4 Nc6 cxd5 Qxd5 e3 e5 Nc3 Bb4 Bd2 Bxc3 Bxc3 exd4 Ne2
d4, d5, c4, Nc6, cxd5, Qxd5, e3, e5, Nc3, Bb4, Bd2, Bxc3, Bxc3, exd4, Ne2