Queen's Gambit Accepted: Linares Variation

D20

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5

How it went

2 ours · 68 masters

White wins 50% Draws 0% Black wins 50%

Continuations

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

Master games

Morozevich, Alexander — Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 · 2009
Karpov, Anatoly — Adianto, Utut 0-1 · 1997
Gelfand, Boris — Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 · 1993
Beliavsky, Alexander G — Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 · 1993
Shirov, Alexei — Oll, Lembit 1/2-1/2 · 1992

Games in Spain

Tologontegin,S (2313) — Terron Elena,F (2148) 1-0
Goncharov,Vladimir (2077) — Terron Elena,F (2122) 0-1

This line is also written

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 b5
1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 e4 c5 4 d5 Nf6 5 Nc3 b5
d4 d5 c4 dxc4 e4 c5 d5 Nf6 Nc3 b5
d4, d5, c4, dxc4, e4, c5, d5, Nf6, Nc3, b5