--- title: "Queen's Gambit Accepted win rate" url: "https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/queens-gambit-accepted.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/queens-gambit-accepted" last_updated: "2026-11-07" type: "reference" summary: "White scored 55.6% in 15,107 Queen's Gambit Accepted games on Lichess, 1 September 2026. Results by rating band, time control and the most played lines." related: ["https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics.md", "https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/under-1200.md", "https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/1200-1599.md", "https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/1600-1999.md", "https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/2000-plus.md", "https://georgelichess.com/glossary.md"] --- # Queen's Gambit Accepted win rate > **For AI agents:** the complete index of GeorgeLiChess pages is [llms.txt](https://georgelichess.com/llms.txt). Every page is also served as markdown at its URL plus .md. White scored 55.6% in 15,107 Queen's Gambit Accepted games on Lichess, 1 September 2026. Results by rating band, time control and the most played lines. White scored 55.6% (margin 0.8 points) in 15,107 rated games of the Queen's Gambit Accepted, ECO D20, played between players within 100 rating points on 1 September 2026. It ranked number 31 of 117 openings by popularity and made up 0.9% of all games. ## How often does White win in the Queen's Gambit Accepted? White won 53.6% of the 15,107 games, 4.1% were drawn and Black won 42.3%. White's score of 55.6% is higher than White's score across all openings (51.9%) by 3.8 points, more than the margin of 0.8 points. **Results of 15,107 Queen's Gambit Accepted games, 1 September 2026.** | Result | Games | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | White wins | 8,095 | 53.6% | | Draws | 619 | 4.1% | | Black wins | 6,393 | 42.3% | ## Does the Queen's Gambit Accepted score differently at different ratings? White's score is highest at under 1200 (56.7%) and lowest at 1600 to 1999 (54.8%). That spread of 1.9 points is inside the two margins added together, so the data show no clear difference between the bands. Players rated 1200 to 1599 choose the Queen's Gambit Accepted most often relative to their other openings, in 1.1 percent of their games. **White's score in the Queen's Gambit Accepted by the lower rating of the two players, 1 September 2026.** | Rating band | Games | Share of the band | White score | Margin (points) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | under 1200 | 2,810 | 1.0% | 56.7% | 1.8 | | 1200 to 1599 | 6,281 | 1.1% | 56.2% | 1.2 | | 1600 to 1999 | 5,000 | 0.8% | 54.8% | 1.3 | ## How does the Queen's Gambit Accepted do in blitz, rapid and classical? The time control changes who tends to win, because the clock matters more in faster games. Rows with fewer than 1,500 games are left out. **White's score in the Queen's Gambit Accepted by time control, 1 September 2026.** | Time control | Games | White score | Margin (points) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Blitz | 10,708 | 55.3% | 0.9 | | Rapid | 4,282 | 56.0% | 1.5 | ## What are the most played lines of the Queen's Gambit Accepted? The most played named line is the Old Variation, with 3,421 games and a White score of 57.3%. The table lists the ten most played lines that reached 300 games; a line below that is counted in the last row. **Named lines of the Queen's Gambit Accepted, most played first, 1 September 2026.** | Line | Games | White score | Margin (points) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Old Variation | 3,421 | 57.3% | 1.6 | | Saduleto Variation | 1,390 | 59.0% | 2.5 | | Central Variation, Greco Variation | 858 | 55.3% | 3.3 | | Central Variation, Alekhine System | 721 | 56.4% | 3.6 | | Central Variation, McDonnell Defense | 676 | 54.3% | 3.7 | | Central Variation, Modern Defense | 675 | 55.5% | 3.7 | | Normal Variation | 647 | 56.9% | 3.7 | | Rosenthal Variation | 489 | 54.4% | 4.3 | | Accelerated Mannheim Variation | 367 | 52.7% | 5.0 | | Showalter Variation | 324 | 52.9% | 5.3 | | Main line and less played lines | 5,539 | 54.2% | 1.3 | ## How were these opening statistics measured? Rated Blitz, Rapid and Classical games on 1 September 2026 between players within 100 rating points, banded by the lower rating. A score is wins plus half the draws, with a 95 percent margin. The hub page explains the method in full. ## Frequently asked questions **What is the win rate of the Queen's Gambit Accepted?** White won 53.6%, drew 4.1% and lost 42.3% of 15,107 games, a White score of 55.6% with a margin of 0.8 points. These are games on Lichess on 1 September 2026. **Is the Queen's Gambit Accepted good for White?** At these ratings White's score was higher than White's score across all openings (51.9%) by 3.8 points, more than the margin of 0.8 points. A difference of a point or two is small, and the side that picks an opening also picks which games reach it, so the number describes what happened at these ratings and is not a ruling on the opening. **What is the most popular line of the Queen's Gambit Accepted?** The Old Variation was the most played named line, with 3,421 games, which is 22.6% of the Queen's Gambit Accepted games. ## Sources - [Lichess open database, standard rated games (CC0), file for September 2026](https://database.lichess.org/), read 2026-10-22 ## Related - [Benoni Defense win rate and statistics](https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/benoni-defense.md) - [King's Gambit Accepted win rate and statistics](https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/kings-gambit-accepted.md) - [Slav Defense win rate and statistics](https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/slav-defense.md) - [Alekhine Defense win rate and statistics](https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/alekhine-defense.md) - [Hungarian Opening win rate and statistics](https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/hungarian-opening.md) - [Center Game win rate and statistics](https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/center-game.md) - [Chess opening statistics for players rated under 1200](https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/under-1200.md) - [Chess opening statistics for players rated 1200 to 1599](https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/1200-1599.md) - [Chess opening statistics for players rated 1600 to 1999](https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/1600-1999.md) - [Chess opening statistics for players rated 2000 and above](https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/2000-plus.md) - [Most popular chess openings and win rates](https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics.md) - [Chess terms glossary](https://georgelichess.com/glossary.md) - [Book your first lesson](https://georgelichess.com/book/first-lesson.md) Last updated 2026-10-22. ## Related - [Most popular chess openings and win rates](https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics.md) - [Chess openings by rating: under 1200](https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/under-1200.md) - [Chess openings by rating: 1200 to 1599](https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/1200-1599.md) - [Chess openings by rating: 1600 to 1999](https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/1600-1999.md) - [Chess openings by rating: 2000 and above](https://georgelichess.com/chess-opening-statistics/2000-plus.md) - [Chess terms glossary: plain definitions](https://georgelichess.com/glossary.md)