Queen's Gambit Declined (6. e3 O-O)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O
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 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 19 times by this move order. White won 58%, 0% were drawn and Black won 42%. The most popular continuation is 7. Bd3 (47% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.50 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 7. Rc1 h6 8. Bf4 b6 9. a3 Bb7)
- ECO
- D53
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
r1bq1rk1/ppp1bppp/2n1pn2/3p2B1/2PP4/2N1PN2/PP3PPP/R2QKB1R w KQ - 1 7- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 7 | |
| 1500-1999 | 9 | |
| 2000+ | 3 | |
| All | 19 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. Bd3 | 9 (47%) | |
| 7. Be2 | 4 (21%) | |
| 7. cxd5 | 3 (16%) | |
| 7. c5 | 2 (11%) | |
| 7. a3 | 1 (5%) |
Master games
3 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- IM Marcell Borhy (2386) – Aayush Bhattacherjee (2180) 1-0 · 7th Vezerkepzo IM 2021 · 2021-08-02
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Handa2q (2062) – GreatGemmy (2041) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 2s
- Arianna_67 (2053) – jgarvik (1986) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 600 + 0s
- SeL058rus (1998) – Alexsuper (2019) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined (2. c4 e6) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined (7… h6 8. Bh4) D56 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 h6 8. Bh4
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.