Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Tartakower Gambit
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Tartakower Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO D07, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 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 289 times by this move order. White won 58%, 2% were drawn and Black won 40%. The most popular continuation is 4. cxd5 (43% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.75 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 4. cxd5 exd4 5. dxc6 dxc3 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8)
- ECO
- D07
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 72 | |
| 1500-1999 | 185 | |
| 2000+ | 32 | |
| All | 289 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. cxd5 | 123 (43%) | |
| 4. dxe5 | 80 (28%) | |
| 4. e3 | 44 (15%) | |
| 4. Nf3 | 24 (8%) | |
| 4. Nxd5 | 13 (4%) | |
| 4. e4 | 2 (1%) | |
| 4. c5 | 1 (0%) | |
| 4. Ne4 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
66 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 44%, draw 27%, Black 29%). The strongest:
- GM Aleksey Dreev (2651) – GM Benjamin Finegold (2481) 1-0 · PRO League KO Stage 2017 · 2017-03-08
- GM Parham Maghsoodloo (2708) – IM Lucas Liascovich (2399) 1-0 · 3rd 3-0 Thu 18th Dec 2025 · 2025-12-18
- GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2731) – FM Franciszek Sernecki (2309) 1-0 · Titled Tue 11th Oct Early · 2022-10-11
- GM Matthias Bluebaum (2643) – GM Benjamin Finegold (2385) 1-0 · Titled Tue 25th Feb Early · 2025-02-25
- GM Matthias Bluebaum (2663) – GM Petro Golubka (2363) 0-1 · Titled Tue 28th Feb Late · 2023-02-28
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Soup_Maktavish_t (2624) – riga2024 (2567) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- omariscof (2521) – riga2024 (2562) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- FM sergeikim2003 (2489) – riga2024 (2540) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense (2… Nc6 3. Nc3) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3
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.