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Queen's Gambit · As White · updated October 2026

Play the Queen's Gambit like Sina Movahed

A Queen's Gambit repertoire built from 200 of Sina Movahed's public Chess.com blitz games. At every position you play the move Sina Movahed chose most often. Where Sina Movahed 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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  • Sina Movahed was #12 in Chess.com blitz in October 2026 (3,274) and scored 64% against opponents averaging 3,143 in these games.
  • You play Sina Movahed'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

#12

Chess.com

Rating

3,274

Games

200

in this opening

Score

64%

in these games

Opponents

3,143

average rating

More about Sina Movahed

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 6 moves

Lines to learn

  1. Line 1 · 8% at top level

    2…e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2

  2. Line 2 · 6% at top level

    2…c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Be2

  3. Line 3 · 5% at top level

    2…e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O

  4. Line 4 · 4% at top level

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

  5. Line 5 · 4% at top level

    2…dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Nc3

  6. Line 6 · 4% at top level

    2…e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qa4 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 c6 12.a4 Nbd7 13.Nc3 Bg6 14.Nh4

  7. Line 7 · 4% at top level

    2…e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O

  8. Line 8 · 4% at top level

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

  9. Line 9 · 4% at top level

    2…e6 3.Nf3 h6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2

  10. Line 10 · 3% at top level

    2…c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.g4

  11. Line 11 · 3% at top level

    2…e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qa4 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.e3

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

Sina Movahed's main line in the Queen's Gambit, move by move

The most common line at top level: 2…e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2.

  1. 2…e6 Reply · Sina Movahed's games A common reply here is 2…e6. At top level, this comes up about 59% of the time.
  2. 3.Nf3 Your move · Sina Movahed's games Sina Movahed played 3.Nf3 in 118 games, scoring 68%.
  3. 3…Nf6 Reply · Sina Movahed's games A common reply here is 3…Nf6. At top level, this comes up about 47% of the time.
  4. 4.g3 Your move · Sina Movahed's games Sina Movahed played 4.g3 in 90 games, scoring 72%.
  5. 4…dxc4 Reply · Sina Movahed's games A common reply here is 4…dxc4. At top level, this comes up about 8% of the time.
  6. 5.Bg2 Your move · Sina Movahed's games Sina Movahed played 5.Bg2 in 15 games, scoring 73%.

Questions about this course

How does Sina Movahed play the Queen's Gambit?
After 1.d4 d5 2.c4, Sina Movahed's most common line is 2…e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2. At top level it comes up about 8% of the time.
Is this Sina Movahed's course?
No. ChessDrills builds it automatically from Sina Movahed's public Chess.com blitz games.
What is this Queen's Gambit course based on?
200 of Sina Movahed's Chess.com blitz games in the Queen's Gambit as White, against opponents with an average rating of 3,143. Sina Movahed scored 64% in them.
How many lines does the course have?
11 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 Sina Movahed?
GM Sina Movahed was ranked number 12 on the Chess.com blitz leaderboard with a rating of 3,274 when this course was built.