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Queen's Gambit · As White · updated October 2026

Play the Queen's Gambit like Aleksei Sarana

A Queen's Gambit repertoire built from 272 of Aleksei Sarana's public Chess.com blitz games. At every position you play the move Aleksei Sarana chose most often. Where Aleksei Sarana 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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  • Aleksei Sarana was #7 in Chess.com blitz in October 2026 (3,304) and scored 72% against opponents averaging 3,060 in these games.
  • You play Aleksei Sarana's own move in 38 of 40 positions.
  • The whole course is free, and it is updated monthly.

Free · first 5 lines need no account

Blitz rank

#7

Chess.com

Rating

3,304

Games

272

in this opening

Score

72%

in these games

Opponents

3,060

average rating

More about Aleksei Sarana

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 10 moves

Lines to learn

  1. Line 1 · 6% at top level

    2…e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5

  2. Line 2 · 4% at top level

    2…c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.e3 Bf5 6.Qb3

  3. Line 3 · 4% at top level

    2…e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Ne4 9.Bf4

  4. Line 4 · 4% at top level

    2…e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Qc2

  5. Line 5 · 4% at top level

    2…e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4

  6. Line 6 · 4% at top level

    2…e6 3.Nc3 h6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4

  7. Line 7 · 4% at top level

    2…e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 Re8 9.Nge2 c6 10.f3

  8. Line 8 · 4% at top level

    2…dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Qe2

  9. Line 9 · 3% at top level

    2…c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4

  10. Line 10 · 3% 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.

Aleksei Sarana's main line in the Queen's Gambit, move by move

The most common line at top level: 2…e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5.

  1. 2…e6 Reply · Aleksei Sarana's games A common reply here is 2…e6. At top level, this comes up about 53% of the time.
  2. 3.Nc3 Your move · Aleksei Sarana's games Aleksei Sarana played 3.Nc3 in 137 games, scoring 74%.
  3. 3…Be7 Reply · Aleksei Sarana's games A common reply here is 3…Be7. At top level, this comes up about 9% of the time.
  4. 4.Nf3 Your move · Aleksei Sarana's games Aleksei Sarana played 4.Nf3 in 13 games, scoring 92%.
  5. 4…Nf6 Reply · Aleksei Sarana's games A common reply here is 4…Nf6.
  6. 5.Bf4 Your move · Aleksei Sarana's games Aleksei Sarana played 5.Bf4 in 6 games, scoring 100%.
  7. 5…O-O Reply · Aleksei Sarana's games A common reply here is 5…O-O.
  8. 6.Qc2 Your move · Aleksei Sarana's games Aleksei Sarana played 6.Qc2 in 3 games, scoring 100%.
  9. 6…c5 Reply · Aleksei Sarana's games A common reply here is 6…c5. At top level, this comes up about 6% of the time.
  10. 7.dxc5 Your move · Stockfish The games give no move to follow here, so this is Stockfish's choice.

Questions about this course

How does Aleksei Sarana play the Queen's Gambit?
After 1.d4 d5 2.c4, Aleksei Sarana's most common line is 2…e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5. At top level it comes up about 6% of the time.
Is this Aleksei Sarana's course?
No. ChessDrills builds it automatically from Aleksei Sarana's public Chess.com blitz games.
What is this Queen's Gambit course based on?
272 of Aleksei Sarana's Chess.com blitz games in the Queen's Gambit as White, against opponents with an average rating of 3,060. Aleksei Sarana scored 72% in them.
How many lines does the course have?
10 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 Aleksei Sarana?
GM Aleksei Sarana was ranked number 7 on the Chess.com blitz leaderboard with a rating of 3,304 when this course was built.