Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen Attack
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Qb3
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO D06, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Qb3. 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 435 times by this move order. White won 60%, 3% were drawn and Black won 37%. The most popular continuation is 3… b6 (33% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.67 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 3… e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. cxd5 Nb4 6. e4)
- ECO
- D06
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Qb3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 80 | |
| 1500-1999 | 320 | |
| 2000+ | 35 | |
| All | 435 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… b6 | 143 (33%) | |
| 3… dxc4 | 100 (23%) | |
| 3… Bxb1 | 44 (10%) | |
| 3… e6 | 37 (9%) | |
| 3… Nc6 | 36 (8%) | |
| 3… Nf6 | 21 (5%) | |
| 3… Qc8 | 13 (3%) | |
| 3… c6 | 13 (3%) |
Master games
23 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 70%, draw 17%, Black 13%). The strongest:
- IM Vladyslav Larkin (2444) – IM Nikita Khoroshev (2361) 1-0 · Titled Tue 25th Jun Early · 2024-06-25
- GM Bogdan Lalic (2481) – Miroslav Palek (2250) 1-0 · Jiraskuv Memorial GM 2012 · 2012-08-09
- GM Monika Socko (2428) – IM Mietek Bakalarz (2263) 1-0 · Ustron Open A 2020 · 2020-08-19
- FM Kemal Bashirov (2293) – IM Fadi Eid (2327) 1-0 · Titled Tue 26th Nov Early · 2024-11-26
- IM Dragan M Ilic (2333) – FM Oliver Organdziev (2259) 1-0 · 1st League Central-SRB 2016 · 2016-09-14
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- DrJakobsen (2373) – poeedgar2023 (2453) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 2s
- CM sergio_rago_1909 (2395) – Merikard (2315) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- theGreatPlaneEarth (2227) – Kisyam (2386) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 300 + 0s
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, Pseudo-Chigorin 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.