Queen's Gambit Declined: Alekhine Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e4
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Alekhine Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D51, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e4. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. 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 75%, 0% were drawn and Black won 25%. The most popular continuation is 6… Qa5 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 37; best line 6… dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 h6 9. Bf4)
- ECO
- D51
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 3 | |
| All | 4 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… Qa5 | 2 (50%) | |
| 6… dxe4 | 2 (50%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- CM Matei-Valeriu Mogirzan (1813) – WFM Alena Nikulina (1923) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 12th Oct · 2021-10-12
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined: Alekhine Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Aseprosaria (2026) – Merisusi (1914) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
- Wealth (1808) – heisxslavok (1808) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 2s
- UNTITLED52 (1562) – march14 (1577) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense (4. Bg5 Nbd7) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7
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.