Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Main Line, Alekhine Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Qa4
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Main Line, Alekhine Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D07, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Qa4. 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 5 times by this move order. White won 60%, 20% were drawn and Black won 20%. The most popular continuation is 4… Bxf3 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.22 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 4… Bxf3 5. gxf3 dxc4 6. Nc3 e6 7. e3)
- ECO
- D07
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Qa4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 2 | |
| All | 5 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… Bxf3 | 5 (100%) |
Master games
13 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 54%, draw 23%, Black 23%). The strongest:
- IM Pedro Antonio Gines Esteo (2437) – GM Vojtech Plat (2552) 1/2-1/2 · 7th Sunway Sitges 2020 · 2020-12-23
- GM Naumkin, I. (2394) – GM Vojtech Plat (2569) 1-0 · 30th Staufer-Open 2018 · 2018-01-06
- GM Gareev, T. (2608) – Federico Sellitti (2176) 1-0 · Titled Tue 27th Sep Early · 2022-09-27
- FM Alexandre Bouget (2254) – IM Jason Liang (2419) 1-0 · Titled Tue 22nd Feb Late · 2022-02-22
- GM Naumkin, I. (2215) – GM Gevorg Harutjunyan (2419) 1/2-1/2 · Panchenko Mem Open A 2021 · 2021-09-17
Highest-rated Lichess games
- ChanjuChiso (2126) – luwildhit1959 (2195) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 2s
- ChanjuChiso (2043) – Mamin1387 (2108) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- XxBlack_GambitxX (1782) – sinha57 (1717) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-02 · 900 + 10s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Main Line 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4
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.