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Queen's Gambit · As White · updated October 2026

Play the Queen's Gambit like Wesley So

A Queen's Gambit repertoire built from 80 of Wesley So's public Chess.com blitz games. At every position you play the move Wesley So chose most often. Where Wesley So 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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  • Wesley So was #6 in Chess.com blitz in October 2026 (3,314) and scored 77% against opponents averaging 2,991 in these games.
  • You play Wesley So's own move in 21 of 40 positions.
  • The whole course is free, and it is updated monthly.

Free · first 5 lines need no account

Blitz rank

#6

Chess.com

Rating

3,314

Games

80

in this opening

Score

77%

in these games

Opponents

2,991

average rating

More about Wesley So

Use arrow keys to navigate the board. Press Enter to select a piece, then use arrow keys and Enter to move. Press Escape to cancel a move.
Line 1 after 12 moves

Lines to learn

  1. Line 1 · 9% at top level

    2…c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Bd2

  2. Line 2 · 6% at top level

    2…e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 c5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.g3 cxd4 9.Nxd4

  3. Line 3 · 5% at top level

    2…e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4

  4. Line 4 · 5% at top level

    2…e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3

  5. Line 5 · 5% at top level

    2…e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qf3 Bg6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.h4 h5 11.Rd1 Nd7 12.Bd3 Rg8 13.Nh3

  6. Line 6 · 5% at top level

    2…e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4

  7. Line 7 · 5% at top level

    2…e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3

  8. Line 8 · 4% at top level

    2…c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Bd2 Be7 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.cxd5

  9. Line 9 · 4% at top level

    2…c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3

  10. Line 10 · 4% at top level

    2…c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd2

  11. Line 11 · 4% at top level

    2…c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O

  12. Line 12 · 4% at top level

    2…dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4

  13. Line 13 · 4% at top level

    2…dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4

Ordered by how often they come up in top-level games. Learned lines join your daily review.

Wesley So's main line in the Queen's Gambit, move by move

The most common line at top level: 2…c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Bd2.

  1. 2…c6 Reply · Wesley So's games A common reply here is 2…c6. At top level, this comes up about 31% of the time.
  2. 3.Nf3 Your move · Wesley So's games Wesley So played 3.Nf3 in 13 games, scoring 77%.
  3. 3…Nf6 Reply · Wesley So's games A common reply here is 3…Nf6.
  4. 4.e3 Your move · Wesley So's games Wesley So played 4.e3 in 7 games, scoring 86%.
  5. 4…Bf5 Reply · Wesley So's games A common reply here is 4…Bf5. At top level, this comes up about 18% of the time.
  6. 5.Nc3 Your move · Wesley So's games Wesley So played 5.Nc3 in 4 games, scoring 100%.
  7. 5…e6 Reply · Wesley So's games A common reply here is 5…e6.
  8. 6.Nh4 Your move · Wesley So's games Wesley So played 6.Nh4 in 4 games, scoring 100%.
  9. 6…Be4 Reply · Wesley So's games A common reply here is 6…Be4. At top level, this comes up about 9% of the time.
  10. 7.f3 Your move · Top-50 players Wesley So has too few games here, so this is the other top players' most played move.
  11. 7…Bg6 Reply · Top-50 players In the other top players' games, a common reply here is 7…Bg6.
  12. 8.Bd2 Your move · Top-50 players Wesley So has too few games here, so this is the other top players' most played move.

Questions about this course

How does Wesley So play the Queen's Gambit?
After 1.d4 d5 2.c4, Wesley So's most common line is 2…c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Bd2. At top level it comes up about 9% of the time.
Is this Wesley So's course?
No. ChessDrills builds it automatically from Wesley So's public Chess.com blitz games.
What is this Queen's Gambit course based on?
80 of Wesley So's Chess.com blitz games in the Queen's Gambit as White, against opponents with an average rating of 2,991. Wesley So scored 77% 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 Wesley So?
GM Wesley So was ranked number 6 on the Chess.com blitz leaderboard with a rating of 3,314 when this course was built.