Queen's Gambit · As White · updated November 2026
Play the Queen's Gambit like Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
A repertoire in the Queen's Gambit built from 30 of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's public Chess.com blitz games. At every position you play the move Maxime Vachier-Lagrave chose most often. Where Maxime Vachier-Lagrave has fewer than 3 games, the course takes the other top-50 players' most played move, then Stockfish's. Learn a line on the board, then each position comes back in a short daily review until it sticks.
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- Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was #23 in Chess.com blitz in November 2026 (3,247) and scored 78% against opponents averaging 2,752 in these games.
- You play Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's own move in 6 of 40 positions.
- The whole course is free, and it is updated monthly.
Train lines
Learn a new line move by move. Lines due for review go to your daily review first.
Free · first 5 lines need no account
Blitz rank
#23
Chess.com
Rating
3,247
as of 10 Nov 2026
Games
30
in this opening
Score
78%
in these games
Opponents
2,752
average rating
Based on 30 games, Oct 2022–Nov 2026
Lines to learn
- Next
Line 1 · 11% at top level
2…e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3
- New
Line 2 · 7% at top level
2…e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4
- New
Line 3 · 6% at top level
2…c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.e3
- New
Line 4 · 5% at top level
2…e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3
- New
Line 5 · 5% at top level
2…Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.e3
- New
Line 6 · 5% at top level
2…dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3
- New
Line 7 · 5% at top level
2…dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3
- New
Line 8 · 5% at top level
2…dxc4 3.e4 b5 4.a4 c6 5.axb5 cxb5 6.Nc3
- New
Line 9 · 5% at top level
2…e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3
- New
Line 10 · 5% at top level
2…c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Nxc3 9.Bxd8
- New
Line 11 · 4% at top level
2…dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Bf5 6.Ne2
- New
Line 12 · 4% at top level
2…e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nge2
- New
Line 13 · 4% at top level
2…c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2
Ordered by how often they come up in top-level games. Learned lines join your daily review.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's main line in the Queen's Gambit, move by move
The most common line at top level: 2…e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6. From there the course continues with 6.e3.
- 2…e6 Reply · Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's games A common reply here is 2…e6. At top level, this comes up about 47% of the time.
- 3.Nc3 Your move · Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's games Maxime Vachier-Lagrave played 3.Nc3 in 13 games, scoring 73%.
- 3…Nf6 Reply · Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's games A common reply here is 3…Nf6. At top level, this comes up about 22% of the time.
- 4.cxd5 Your move · Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's games Maxime Vachier-Lagrave played 4.cxd5 in 5 games, scoring 70%.
- 4…exd5 Reply · Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's games A common reply here is 4…exd5.
- 5.Bg5 Your move · Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's games Maxime Vachier-Lagrave played 5.Bg5 in 4 games, scoring 63%.
- 5…c6 Reply · Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's games A common reply here is 5…c6. At top level, this comes up about 11% of the time.
- 6.e3 Your move · Most played by top-50 players Maxime Vachier-Lagrave has too few games here, so this is the other top players' most played move.
Questions about this course
- How does Maxime Vachier-Lagrave play the Queen's Gambit?
- After 1.d4 d5 2.c4, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's most common line is 2…e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6. At top level it comes up about 11% of the time. From there the course continues with 6.e3.
- Is this Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's course?
- No. ChessDrills builds it automatically from Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's public Chess.com blitz games.
- What is this Queen's Gambit course based on?
- 30 of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's Chess.com blitz games in the Queen's Gambit as White, against opponents with an average rating of 2,752. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave scored 78% in them.
- How many lines does the course have?
- 13 lines covering 40 positions, ordered by how often they come up in top-level games. The first 5 lines need no account; saving your progress with an email unlocks the rest, free.
- Who is Maxime Vachier-Lagrave?
- GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was ranked number 23 on the Chess.com blitz leaderboard with a rating of 3,247 when this course was built.