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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3
A line for White. Every figure below is computed separately for each rating band, and every one carries its own sample size.
| Band | White | Draw | Black | Blunder | Book exit | Games | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600 | 54.9% | 4.2% | 40.9% | 29.4% | ply 5.2 | 6,580 | A |
| 1000 | 57.3% | 3.7% | 39.0% | 20.0% | ply 5.3 | 36,451 | S |
| 1400 | 56.2% | 3.8% | 40.0% | 24.4% | ply 5.2 | 27,668 | S |
| 1800 | 55.3% | 4.7% | 40.0% | 15.0% | ply 5.2 | 42,283 | S |
Results by band
All four bands are on the page. The one matching your rating is marked. Nothing here is averaged across bands.
At 600, the Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation scores 54.9% for White across 6,580 games. That is comfortably above average at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 3 on average, and 29.4% include an early material blunder (17 games at 600).
At 1000, the Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation scores 57.3% for White across 36,451 games. That is one of the strongest results of any opening at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 3 on average, and 20.0% include an early material blunder (60 games at 1000).
At 1400, the Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation scores 56.2% for White across 27,668 games. That is one of the strongest results of any opening at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 3 on average, and 24.4% include an early material blunder (45 games at 1400).
At 1800, the Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation scores 55.3% for White across 42,283 games. That is one of the strongest results of any opening at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 3 on average, and 15.0% include an early material blunder (60 games at 1800).
Blunders and traps
The known traps that live inside the Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation. The rates are how often each one actually lands in your band, counted against every sampled game in that band.
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 b5
Sprung by White. The move that invites it is b5.
Trying to keep the extra pawn with 3...b5 collapses: after 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 the queen check-less fork on f3 wins the a8 rook or the queenside pawns.
Read as: how often this trap line is completed per sampled game in the band.
How the Blunder Rate is measured. A material swing of three points or more inside the first 24 half-moves after leaving book, detected without an engine evaluation. It is a proxy for how sharp a position is in practice, not an engine verdict, and it is computed from a monthly game sample rather than the full corpus behind the win rates. Trap hit rates count a trap only when its full line is completed on the board.
Questions
At 600, the Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation scores 54.9% for White across 6,580 games. That is comfortably above average at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 3 on average, and 29.4% include an early material blunder (17 games at 600).
At 1000, the Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation scores 57.3% for White across 36,451 games. That is one of the strongest results of any opening at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 3 on average, and 20.0% include an early material blunder (60 games at 1000).
The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation (D20) is a line for White. The main line runs 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3.