Queen's Gambit Declined (4… Be7 5. Nf3)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3
The Queen's Gambit Declined is a chess opening classified as ECO D53, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2,905 times by this move order. White won 50%, 6% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 5… O-O (43% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.09 (Stockfish, depth 51; best line 5… dxc4 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8. Rxd1)
- ECO
- D53
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 557 | |
| 1500-1999 | 1,911 | |
| 2000+ | 437 | |
| All | 2,905 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… O-O | 1,238 (43%) | |
| 5… h6 | 621 (21%) | |
| 5… Nbd7 | 251 (9%) | |
| 5… c6 | 208 (7%) | |
| 5… Nc6 | 135 (5%) | |
| 5… a6 | 103 (4%) | |
| 5… c5 | 94 (3%) | |
| 5… b6 | 91 (3%) |
Master games
853 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 45%, draw 23%, Black 32%). The strongest:
- Ethereal 13.89_NNUE (3515) – SlowChess Blitz 2.9 avx2 (3491) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 23 Premier 2022 · 2022-09-30
- SlowChess Blitz 2.9 avx2 (3491) – Ethereal 13.89_NNUE (3515) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 23 Premier 2022 · 2022-09-30
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2771) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2839) 1/2-1/2 · chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · 2023-09-15
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2765) – GM Ruslan Ponomariov (2714) 1/2-1/2 · SportAccord Basque 2014 · 2014-12-16
- GM Matthias Bluebaum (2670) – GM Vladimir Kramnik (2753) 1-0 · Titled Tue 15th Aug Late · 2023-08-15
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Superstitions_Guy (2767) – CM titanshahmat2003 (2729) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- Spiegelstufe (2626) – Dinobox (2492) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- FM Professor_Coach (2555) – Phthinophoron (2549) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined (4. Bg5 Be7) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined (6… dxc4 7. Bxc4) D53 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
More Queen's Gambit Declined lines (all)
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Slav D02
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Attack, Salvio Countergambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Gusev Countergambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Haberditz Variation D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Argentinian Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Chigorin D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen Attack D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen Attack Deferred D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense, Tan Gambit D06
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.