Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation (7… O-O 8. Bd3)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 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 O-O 8. Bd3. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 24 times by this move order. White won 29%, 25% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 8… h6 (79% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.21 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 8… h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. Nge2 a5 11. Rc1)
- ECO
- D36
- Moves
- 15 plies
- FEN
rnbq1rk1/pp2bppp/2p2n2/3p2B1/3P4/2NBP3/PPQ2PPP/R3K1NR b KQ - 2 8- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 4 | |
| 2000+ | 20 | |
| All | 24 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8… h6 | 19 (79%) | |
| 8… Nbd7 | 4 (17%) | |
| 8… Bd7 | 1 (4%) |
Master games
55 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 53%, draw 16%, Black 31%). The strongest:
- GM Ray Robson (2689) – GM Arseniy Nesterov (2591) 1-0 · Chessable Masters Play-In · 2025-02-17
- GM Andrew Tang (2502) – GM Nihal Sarin (2669) 0-1 · Bullet Chess Winners 2024 · 2024-06-10
- GM Varuzhan Akobian (2643) – GM Cristobal Henriquez Villagra (2504) 1/2-1/2 · PRO League Group Stage · 2019-01-29
- IM Daniel Semcesen (2479) – GM Vladimir Burmakin (2577) 0-1 · 29th Open · 2013-02-27
- GM Sandipan Chanda (2480) – GM Felix Blohberger (2534) 1-0 · World Rapid 2024 · 2024-12-28
Highest-rated Lichess games
- CM Waseem_akram (2456) – zlatnakisa33 (2423) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- MadDimon (2377) – TrVcZ (2479) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Tatur (2396) – Oleg_Perfilov (2354) 1/2-1/2 · 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
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation (8… h6 9. Bh4) D36 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4
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.