Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation (6. cxd5 exd5)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. cxd5 exd5
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D35, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. cxd5 exd5. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. White is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 7. b3 O-O 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Bb2 Re8)
- ECO
- D35
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. cxd5 exd5
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Master games
6 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 33%, draw 50%, Black 17%). The strongest:
- GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (2710) – GM Hao Wang (2722) 1-0 · Shusha Chess Blitz 2022 · 2022-09-24
- IM Manuel Petrosyan (2480) – GM Jon Ludvig Hammer (2689) 1/2-1/2 · 17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016 · 2016-05-21
- GM Boris Grachev (2593) – GM Nikita Petrov (2553) 1/2-1/2 · Ugra Cup Rapid 2022 · 2022-11-28
- GM Renato R. Quintiliano (2481) – GM Jaime Santos Latasa (2631) 1/2-1/2 · Crunchlabs Play-In Match D3 · 2024-07-18
- GM Ivan Rozum (2590) – IM Vasiliy Korchmar (2412) 1-0 · Chigorin Memorial 2016 · 2016-10-20
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Comes from
Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. 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.