Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Janowski Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Janowski Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D07, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 604 times by this move order. White won 54%, 4% were drawn and Black won 42%. The most popular continuation is 4… Bg4 (51% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.42 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 4… Nf6 5. e3 e5 6. d5 e4 7. dxc6)
- ECO
- D07
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 243 | |
| 1500-1999 | 323 | |
| 2000+ | 38 | |
| All | 604 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… Bg4 | 306 (51%) | |
| 4… Nf6 Chigorin Defense, Modern Gambit | 107 (18%) | |
| 4… e6 | 75 (12%) | |
| 4… Bf5 | 34 (6%) | |
| 4… e5 | 26 (4%) | |
| 4… a6 | 14 (2%) | |
| 4… b5 | 11 (2%) | |
| 4… Nxd4 | 8 (1%) |
Master games
64 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 70%, draw 17%, Black 13%). The strongest:
- IM Mikhail Mozharov (2500) – IM Vojtech Plat (2492) 1/2-1/2 · 23rd Czech Open Rapid · 2012-07-19
- GM S. Arun Prasad (2531) – IM Somak Palit (2435) 1-0 · 38th Badalona Open A · 2012-08-07
- GM Sergei Iskusnyh (2473) – FM David Temirkanov (2282) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 10th Aug · 2021-08-10
- IM Artyom Zubritskiy (2442) – FM David Temirkanov (2282) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 6th July · 2021-07-06
- IM Nicolas Brunner (2418) – FM David Temirkanov (2282) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tuesday 11th May · 2021-05-11
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Semkov (2429) – ErnstStavroBlofeld96 (2368) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- NM GypsyDanger (2354) – KalashnikovBenko (2349) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- FM Barbashinigor (2314) – arnovitch (2377) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense (3. Nc3 dxc4) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Modern Gambit D07 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 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: 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
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.