Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack (4… Be7 5. Bf4)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO D37, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4. 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 257 times by this move order. White won 55%, 5% were drawn and Black won 40%. The most popular continuation is 5… O-O (68% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.17 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 5… O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2)
- ECO
- D37
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 50 | |
| 2000+ | 205 | |
| All | 257 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… O-O | 176 (68%) | |
| 5… c6 | 35 (14%) | |
| 5… a6 | 28 (11%) | |
| 5… Nbd7 | 7 (3%) | |
| 5… c5 | 5 (2%) | |
| 5… dxc4 | 3 (1%) | |
| 5… Bd6 | 2 (1%) | |
| 5… Kf8 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
1,399 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 48%, draw 29%, Black 23%). The strongest:
- GM Liren Ding (2805) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2882) 1-0 · Saint Louis Blitz 2019 · 2019-08-13
- GM Alexander Grischuk (2777) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2863) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE Steinitz Mem Open · 2020-05-15
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2882) – GM Sergey Karjakin (2750) 1/2-1/2 · 7th Sinquefield Cup 2019 · 2019-08-21
- GM Liren Ding (2805) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2818) 1-0 · 7th Sinquefield Cup 2019 · 2019-08-26
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2753) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2864) 1-0 · 8th Tal Mem Blitz · 2013-06-12
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- NM Andrey11976 (2803) – FM Tictoocchess (2793) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- NM Andrey11976 (2798) – SavitarTheGodOfSpeed (2763) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Juan_Delasala (2734) – IM wLh26 (2821) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation (3… d5 4. Nc3) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Two Knights Defense D37 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Main Line D37 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5
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.