Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Chigorin
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Chigorin is a chess opening classified as ECO D06, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6. 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 227 times by this move order. White won 41%, 3% were drawn and Black won 56%. The most popular continuation is 5. Bf4 (26% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.28 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Ncxe7 7. Qb3 Nf6)
- ECO
- D06
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 54 | |
| 1500-1999 | 128 | |
| 2000+ | 45 | |
| All | 227 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. Bf4 | 60 (26%) | |
| 5. e3 | 48 (21%) | |
| 5. Bg5 | 37 (16%) | |
| 5. cxd5 | 32 (14%) | |
| 5. a3 | 15 (7%) | |
| 5. g3 | 13 (6%) | |
| 5. Qb3 | 7 (3%) | |
| 5. h3 | 5 (2%) |
Master games
84 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 60%, draw 15%, Black 25%). The strongest:
- GM Andrew Tang (2538) – GM Naroditsky, D. (2621) 1-0 · Chess.com SIG Bullet KO · 2021-04-07
- GM Kamil Miton (2601) – IM Krystian Kuzmicz (2469) 1/2-1/2 · European Rapid 2014 · 2014-12-20
- GM A.R. Saleh Salem (2614) – FM Amir Zaibi (2369) 1/2-1/2 · 3rd ch-Arab Elite 2015 · 2015-05-28
- GM Sanan Sjugirov (2663) – FM Ivan Vihor Krsnik Cohar (2313) 1-0 · Levitov Christmas Q2 · 2020-12-12
- GM Yuriy Kuzubov (2643) – FM Ivan Vihor Krsnik Cohar (2313) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 1st Sept · 2020-09-01
Highest-rated Lichess games
- CapitanAfrica (2496) – eddieemc (2349) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 0s
- Solon20 (2359) – poeedgar2023 (2420) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 2s
- jackalgambit (2323) – robert_precher (2383) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5
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, Argentinian Gambit 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.