Queen's Gambit Declined (5… Be7 6. e4)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e4
The Queen's Gambit Declined is a chess opening classified as ECO D53, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e4. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 5 times by this move order. White won 40%, 20% were drawn and Black won 40%. The most popular continuation is 6… O-O (40% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.22 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 6… b5 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. e5 Be7 9. Nxb5)
- ECO
- D53
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 5 | |
| All | 5 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… O-O | 2 (40%) | |
| 6… Nfd7 | 1 (20%) | |
| 6… Ng8 | 1 (20%) | |
| 6… h6 | 1 (20%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- Cristiano Gomes De Souza (2018) – IM Tatjana Vasilevich (2302) 1-0 · Titled Tue 26th Sep Early · 2023-09-26
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Zemerillo (1858) – phil_marlowe21 (1857) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- GrSO13666 (1730) – Memo2013 (1730) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- sskkiidd (1669) – akira333 (1662) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined (5. Bg5 Be7) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Be7
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.