Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Modern Gambit
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nf6
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Modern Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO D07, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nf6. 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 107 times by this move order. White won 59%, 2% were drawn and Black won 39%. The most popular continuation is 5. e4 (47% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.43 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 5. e4 Bg4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Be3 a6)
- ECO
- D07
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
r1bqkb1r/ppp1pppp/2n2n2/8/2pP4/2N2N2/PP2PPPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 2 5- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nf6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 59 | |
| 1500-1999 | 37 | |
| 2000+ | 11 | |
| All | 107 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. e4 | 50 (47%) | |
| 5. Bg5 | 23 (21%) | |
| 5. e3 | 16 (15%) | |
| 5. Bf4 | 9 (8%) | |
| 5. h3 | 3 (3%) | |
| 5. d5 | 3 (3%) | |
| 5. g3 | 3 (3%) |
Master games
143 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 44%, draw 20%, Black 36%). The strongest:
- GM Kiril Georgiev (2648) – IM Denis Rombaldoni (2462) 1/2-1/2 · 16th Padova Open A 2013 · 2013-12-18
- GM Dennis Wagner (2581) – GM Ilja Zaragatski (2522) 1-0 · Hobbits Invitational 2021 · 2021-01-10
- GM Alexander Moiseenko (2711) – IM Rakhim Pasiev (2384) 1-0 · FIDE World Blitz 2013 · 2013-06-09
- GM Alexander Moiseenko (2711) – IM Rakhim Pasiev (2384) 1-0 · FIDE World Rapid 2013 · 2013-06-06
- GM Alexander Riazantsev (2671) – IM Rakhim Pasiev (2384) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-RUS Rapid 2015 · 2015-05-08
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Semkov (2429) – ErnstStavroBlofeld96 (2368) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- lore_king (2314) – OlegL (2362) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- feres0 (2214) – Scathach_U (2378) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Janowski Variation 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3
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.