Queen's Gambit Declined (6… dxc4 7. Bxc4)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
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 c6 6. e3 dxc4 7. Bxc4. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 4 times by this move order. White won 25%, 0% were drawn and Black won 75%. The most popular continuation is 7… Nd5 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.56 (Stockfish, depth 29; best line 7… Nd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne4)
- ECO
- D53
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
rnbqk2r/pp2bppp/2p1pn2/6B1/2BP4/2N1PN2/PP3PPP/R2QK2R b KQkq - 0 7- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 4 | |
| All | 4 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… Nd5 | 2 (50%) | |
| 7… b5 | 1 (25%) | |
| 7… h6 | 1 (25%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- ChristianGuzman12 (1701) – jeff_lagos77 (1697) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 300 + 0s
- Myanklana (1722) – tikchbilatiwliwela (1609) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 300 + 3s
- Karpova_Marina1 (1559) – LakshanaArjun (1637) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 600 + 5s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined (4… Be7 5. Nf3) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3
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.