Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Defense, Argentine Variation

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bh4

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Defense, Argentine Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D52, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bh4. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. Black is to move.

This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.

Engine evaluation: +0.10 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 9… c5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc5 12. Nb3)

ECO

D52

Moves

17 plies

FEN

r1b2rk1/pp1n1ppp/2p1pn2/q2p4/1bPP3B/2N1P3/PPQN1PPP/R3KB1R b KQ - 7 9

PGN

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bh4

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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.