Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Lazard Gambit
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Lazard Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO D07, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5. 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 124 times by this move order. White won 50%, 4% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 4. dxe5 (53% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.75 (Stockfish, depth 57; best line 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. dxe5 d4 6. g3 Ne7)
- ECO
- D07
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 42 | |
| 1500-1999 | 62 | |
| 2000+ | 20 | |
| All | 124 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. dxe5 | 66 (53%) | |
| 4. cxd5 | 23 (19%) | |
| 4. e3 | 11 (9%) | |
| 4. Nxe5 | 10 (8%) | |
| 4. Nc3 | 7 (6%) | |
| 4. g3 | 6 (5%) | |
| 4. Bg5 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
70 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 47%, draw 17%, Black 36%). The strongest:
- Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) – Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-28
- Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) – Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) 1-0 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-28
- IM Bogdanovich, S. (2590) – Vadim Razin (2345) 1-0 · Nebesna sotnya Mem Blitz · 2016-02-19
- GM Dmitry Bocharov (2558) – Vadim Razin (2345) 1-0 · European Blitz 2015 · 2015-12-18
- GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov (2596) – FM Marcos Rodriguez Fontecha (2278) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 10th Sep Early · 2024-09-10
Highest-rated Lichess games
- drglavas (2443) – SugarMagnolia (2452) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Neftegor (2466) – Countryside (2395) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- FM bangalibabu (2476) – Countryside (2366) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense (2. c4 Nc6) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6
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.