Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Main Line
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Main Line is a chess opening classified as ECO D07, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 942 times by this move order. White won 50%, 4% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 4. e3 (34% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.59 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3 e5)
- ECO
- D07
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 201 | |
| 1500-1999 | 461 | |
| 2000+ | 280 | |
| All | 942 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. e3 | 320 (34%) | |
| 4. Nc3 | 194 (21%) | |
| 4. cxd5 | 179 (19%) | |
| 4. g3 | 48 (5%) | |
| 4. Bf4 | 46 (5%) | |
| 4. h3 | 36 (4%) | |
| 4. Ne5 | 33 (4%) | |
| 4. Nbd2 | 29 (3%) |
Master games
1,025 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 44%, draw 19%, Black 37%). The strongest:
- KomodoDragon 3.2 (3587) – LCZero 0.31-dag-5107404-T2-5230000 (3633) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 25 Premier 2023 · 2023-09-06
- LCZero 0.31-dag-5107404-T2-5230000 (3633) – KomodoDragon 3.2 (3587) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 25 Premier 2023 · 2023-09-06
- KomodoDragon 3.2 (3587) – LCZero 0.31-dag-5107404-T2-5230000 (3633) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 25 Premier 2023 · 2023-09-06
- LCZero 0.31-dag-5107404-T2-5230000 (3633) – KomodoDragon 3.2 (3587) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 25 Premier 2023 · 2023-09-06
- Ethereal 14.24 (3535) – Stockfish dev-20230903-b25d68f6 (3666) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 25 Premier 2023 · 2023-09-06
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Main Line and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM Chigorinez (2721) – GM jncool68 (2713) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- FM stanbad1 (2679) – IM Chigorinez (2703) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Natah_Flo (2671) – riga2024 (2557) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense (2. c4 Nc6) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Main Line, Alekhine Variation D07 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Qa4
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.