Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation (7… Nbd7 8. Bd3)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D36, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3. 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 11 times by this move order. White won 45%, 10% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 8… O-O (73% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.18 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 8… Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nf3 Nf4 11. Bf1)
- ECO
- D36
- Moves
- 15 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 2 | |
| 2000+ | 9 | |
| All | 11 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8… O-O | 8 (73%) | |
| 8… Nf8 | 2 (18%) | |
| 8… h6 | 1 (9%) |
Master games
178 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 35%, draw 32%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2736) – GM Richard Rapport (2763) 1-0 · FIDE Grand Prix 1 Playoff · 2022-02-12
- GM Peter Leko (2737) – GM Michael Adams (2740) 1/2-1/2 · 41st GM · 2013-07-29
- GM Yangyi Yu (2715) – GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2739) 1-0 · Chessable Masters Losers · 2025-02-19
- GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2735) – GM Yue Wang (2718) 1/2-1/2 · 41st Olympiad Open 2014 · 2014-08-14
- GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2727) – GM Hao Wang (2717) 0-1 · IMSA Blitz 2016 · 2016-02-29
Highest-rated Lichess games
- CM Ivanchucky1609 (2519) – CM Gui_tarchess (2237) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
- amazing_owl (2311) – ExRom (2320) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
- Chililabombwe (2232) – The_FABIANO (2328) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation (5… c6 6. Qc2) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2
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.