Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Slav
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Slav is a chess opening classified as ECO D02, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6. 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 295 times by this move order. White won 54%, 7% were drawn and Black won 39%. The most popular continuation is 5. Qb3 (29% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.41 (Stockfish, depth 45; best line 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. g3 Nd7 7. Nh4 Bg4)
- ECO
- D02
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 28 | |
| 1500-1999 | 142 | |
| 2000+ | 125 | |
| All | 295 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. Qb3 | 86 (29%) | |
| 5. Bf4 | 65 (22%) | |
| 5. Bg5 | 40 (14%) | |
| 5. e3 | 35 (12%) | |
| 5. cxd5 | 33 (11%) | |
| 5. g3 | 21 (7%) | |
| 5. c5 | 5 (2%) | |
| 5. a3 | 4 (1%) |
Master games
165 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 20%, Black 30%). The strongest:
- GM Erigaisi Arjun (2778) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2832) 1/2-1/2 · chess.com SpeedChess 2024 · 2024-08-08
- IM Renato Terry (2508) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2840) 0-1 · Titled Tue 24th Feb 2026 · 2026-02-24
- FM Khagan Ahmad (2340) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2835) 0-1 · chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw · 2023-08-23
- GM Samuel Sevian (2660) – GM Gabor Nagy (2509) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 2nd Mar · 2021-03-02
- IM Gleb Pidluznij (2401) – GM Nihal Sarin (2723) 0-1 · Titled Tue 26th May 2026 · 2026-05-26
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Slav and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Gertrude_Weichsel (2583) – FM iustin104 (2572) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Unagi5 (2588) – archifoot (2531) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- HUB18 (2329) – GM AtalikS (2653) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation (1… d5 2. Nf3) 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3
More Queen's Gambit Declined lines (all)
- 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
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints 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.