Queen's Gambit · As White · updated October 2026
Play the Queen's Gambit like Parham Maghsoodloo
A repertoire in the Queen's Gambit built from 98 of Parham Maghsoodloo's public Chess.com blitz games. At every position you play the move Parham Maghsoodloo chose most often. Where Parham Maghsoodloo 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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- Parham Maghsoodloo was #32 in Chess.com blitz in October 2026 (3,221) and scored 71% against opponents averaging 3,003 in these games.
- You play Parham Maghsoodloo's own move in 24 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
#32
Chess.com
Rating
3,221
Games
98
in this opening
Score
71%
in these games
Opponents
3,003
average rating
Lines to learn
- Next
Line 1 · 6% at top level
2…e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.h3
- New
Line 2 · 6% 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
- New
Line 3 · 5% at top level
2…e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3
- New
Line 4 · 5% at top level
2…e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3
- New
Line 5 · 5% at top level
2…e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Bd3
- New
Line 6 · 5% at top level
2…dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3
- New
Line 7 · 4% at top level
2…c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5
- New
Line 8 · 4% at top level
2…c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5
- New
Line 9 · 3% at top level
2…e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.cxd5 exd5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nf6 7.e3
- New
Line 10 · 3% at top level
2…e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3
- New
Line 11 · 3% at top level
2…e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5
- New
Line 12 · 3% at top level
2…e6 3.Nc3 h6 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Bg3 O-O 7.Nf3
- New
Line 13 · 3% at top level
2…e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be6 6.e3
- New
Line 14 · 3% at top level
2…e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.h3
Ordered by how often they come up in top-level games. Learned lines join your daily review.
Parham Maghsoodloo'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 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.h3.
- 2…e6 Reply · Parham Maghsoodloo's games A common reply here is 2…e6. At top level, this comes up about 58% of the time.
- 3.Nc3 Your move · Parham Maghsoodloo's games Parham Maghsoodloo played 3.Nc3 in 51 games, scoring 71%.
- 3…Nf6 Reply · Parham Maghsoodloo's games A common reply here is 3…Nf6. At top level, this comes up about 35% of the time.
- 4.cxd5 Your move · Parham Maghsoodloo's games Parham Maghsoodloo played 4.cxd5 in 22 games, scoring 68%.
- 4…exd5 Reply · Parham Maghsoodloo's games A common reply here is 4…exd5.
- 5.Bg5 Your move · Parham Maghsoodloo's games Parham Maghsoodloo played 5.Bg5 in 22 games, scoring 68%.
- 5…c6 Reply · Parham Maghsoodloo's games A common reply here is 5…c6. At top level, this comes up about 19% of the time.
- 6.e3 Your move · Parham Maghsoodloo's games Parham Maghsoodloo played 6.e3 in 12 games, scoring 67%.
- 6…Bd6 Reply · Parham Maghsoodloo's games A common reply here is 6…Bd6. At top level, this comes up about 6% of the time.
- 7.Bd3 Your move · Parham Maghsoodloo's games Parham Maghsoodloo played 7.Bd3 in 4 games, scoring 50%.
- 7…O-O Reply · Parham Maghsoodloo's games A common reply here is 7…O-O.
- 8.h3 Your move · Parham Maghsoodloo's games Parham Maghsoodloo played 8.h3 in 2 games, scoring 0%. A quick Stockfish check prefers 8.Nf3 here (−0.7).
Questions about this course
- How does Parham Maghsoodloo play the Queen's Gambit?
- After 1.d4 d5 2.c4, Parham Maghsoodloo's most common line is 2…e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.h3. At top level it comes up about 6% of the time.
- Is this Parham Maghsoodloo's course?
- No. ChessDrills builds it automatically from Parham Maghsoodloo's public Chess.com blitz games.
- What is this Queen's Gambit course based on?
- 98 of Parham Maghsoodloo's Chess.com blitz games in the Queen's Gambit as White, against opponents with an average rating of 3,003. Parham Maghsoodloo scored 71% in them.
- How many lines does the course have?
- 14 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.
- Does Parham Maghsoodloo always play the best move?
- The course follows the moves from the games. In 1 position a quick Stockfish check prefers another move by 0.7 pawns or more, and the course marks it.
- Who is Parham Maghsoodloo?
- GM Parham Maghsoodloo was ranked number 32 on the Chess.com blitz leaderboard with a rating of 3,221 when this course was built.