Queen's Gambit Declined: Anti-Tartakower Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Anti-Tartakower Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D55, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6. 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 6 times by this move order. White won 67%, 16% were drawn and Black won 17%. The most popular continuation is 7… Bxf6 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.05 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 7… Bxf6 8. Rc1 c6 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4)
- ECO
- D55
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 6 | |
| All | 6 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… Bxf6 | 6 (100%) |
Master games
79 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 44%, draw 34%, Black 22%). The strongest:
- GM Daniil Dubov (2699) – GM Sergey Karjakin (2752) 0-1 · Lindores Abbey Final 8 · 2020-05-26
- GM Richard Rapport (2674) – GM Andrei Sokolov (2563) 1-0 · French Top 12 2013 · 2013-06-05
- GM Alexey Sarana (2697) – GM Samant Aditya S (2512) 1-0 · Chessable Play-In Match D3 · 2024-02-01
- GM A.R. Saleh Salem (2682) – GM Dmitry Bocharov (2524) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 29th Sept · 2020-09-29
- GM Jorge Cori (2659) – GM Ivan Morovic Fernandez (2513) 1-0 · 13th American Continental · 2018-06-03
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined: Anti-Tartakower Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- PeonEnigmatico2026 (2360) – chesswarrior787 (2425) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 600 + 0s
- rude0204 (2348) – VassiliGrigorSaizew (2249) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- alidri (2217) – mistgabel123 (2180) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation (6. e3 h6) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6
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.