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
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. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. Black is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 116 times by this move order. White won 54%, 10% were drawn and Black won 36%. The most popular continuation is 6… Be7 (51% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.16 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 6… h6 7. Bh4 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3)
- ECO
- D36
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 18 | |
| 2000+ | 97 | |
| All | 116 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… Be7 | 59 (51%) | |
| 6… Bd6 | 17 (15%) | |
| 6… h6 | 14 (12%) | |
| 6… Nbd7 | 8 (7%) | |
| 6… Be6 | 5 (4%) | |
| 6… Bg4 | 5 (4%) | |
| 6… Bb4 | 3 (3%) | |
| 6… g6 | 3 (3%) |
Master games
465 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 39%, draw 27%, Black 34%). The strongest:
- GM Levon Aronian (2830) – GM Vladimir Kramnik (2787) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE Candidates 2014 · 2014-03-27
- GM Viswanathan Anand (2797) – GM Vladimir Kramnik (2783) 1/2-1/2 · 4th Zurich CC Classical · 2015-02-14
- GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2739) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2837) 1/2-1/2 · Chess.com Classic Winners · 2025-05-20
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2795) – GM So, W. (2752) 1-0 · Saint Louis Blitz 2023 · 2023-11-17
- GM Alexandr Predke (2682) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2856) 0-1 · World Blitz 2021 · 2021-12-29
Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM ManiacalZerker (2793) – Sunrise34 (2857) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- omariscof (2563) – FM IGet_Stronger (2634) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- MIGV (2567) – Euphoria1230 (2593) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation (5. Bg5 c6) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation (7… Nbd7 8. Bd3) D36 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation (7… O-O 8. Bd3) 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
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.