Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Fianchetto Defense
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Fianchetto Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO D37, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 23 times by this move order. White won 43%, 9% were drawn and Black won 48%. The most popular continuation is 7. cxd5 (57% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.21 (Stockfish, depth 59; best line 7. Be2 Bb7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5)
- ECO
- D37
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
rnbq1rk1/p1p1bppp/1p2pn2/3p4/2PP1B2/2N1PN2/PP3PPP/R2QKB1R w KQ - 0 7- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 9 | |
| 2000+ | 13 | |
| All | 23 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. cxd5 | 13 (57%) | |
| 7. Bd3 | 6 (26%) | |
| 7. Be2 | 2 (9%) | |
| 7. Rc1 | 1 (4%) | |
| 7. Qc2 | 1 (4%) |
Master games
243 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 46%, draw 28%, Black 26%). The strongest:
- GM Liren Ding (2769) – GM So, W. (2799) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE Candidates 2018 · 2018-03-22
- GM Gukesh D (2787) – GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2739) 1/2-1/2 · Superbet ROM Classic 2025 · 2025-05-11
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2781) – GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista (2651) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE World Cup 2017 · 2017-09-07
- GM Evgeniy Najer (2687) – GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (2713) 1/2-1/2 · 44th GM 2016 · 2016-07-16
- GM Alexander Grischuk (2732) – GM Volodar Murzin (2633) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-RUS Rapid 2023 · 2023-10-18
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Lvictor (2371) – SlavaBZ91 (2408) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- MonsterOrca (2371) – MarkusAgrippa (2392) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 300 + 3s
- meeheey (2317) – saichetan22 (2315) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 600 + 5s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7
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.