Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Haberditz Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Nf6 4. e4 Nxe4 5. dxc5 Qa5+
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Haberditz Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D06, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Nf6 4. e4 Nxe4 5. dxc5 Qa5+. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 8 times by this move order. White won 88%, -1% were drawn and Black won 13%. The most popular continuation is 6. Bd2 (38% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.73 (Stockfish, depth 47; best line 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 8. Nxd2 g6)
- ECO
- D06
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Nf6 4. e4 Nxe4 5. dxc5 Qa5+
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 7 | |
| All | 8 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Bd2 | 3 (38%) | |
| 6. Nd2 | 3 (38%) | |
| 6. Nc3 | 2 (25%) |
Master games
35 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 29%, draw 34%, Black 37%). The strongest:
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2837) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2804) 1/2-1/2 · Chess.com Classic Winners · 2025-05-21
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2837) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2804) 1-0 · Chess.com Classic Winners · 2025-05-21
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2757) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2804) 1/2-1/2 · Chess.com Classic Winners · 2025-05-21
- GM Dmitry Andreikin (2729) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2802) 0-1 · Abu Dhabi Online Final · 2024-08-21
- GM Denis Lazavik (2578) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2802) 0-1 · Abu Dhabi Online Final · 2024-08-21
Highest-rated Lichess games
- GM AtalikS (2633) – OstavaisaSoboi (2496) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 420 + 2s
- cigarron (2558) – viewerman (2552) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 2s
- joeALT30 (2466) – Sombralos (2487) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Gusev Countergambit 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Nf6
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: 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
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense (2. c4 Nc6) D07
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.