Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Main Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Main Line is a chess opening classified as ECO D37, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. White is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 17 times by this move order. White won 35%, 18% were drawn and Black won 47%. The most popular continuation is 8. Qc2 (35% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.24 (Stockfish, depth 47; best line 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Be7)
- ECO
- D37
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
rnbq1rk1/pp3ppp/4pn2/2bp4/2P2B2/2N1PN2/PP3PPP/R2QKB1R w KQ - 0 8- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 17 | |
| All | 17 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8. Qc2 | 6 (35%) | |
| 8. a3 | 6 (35%) | |
| 8. cxd5 | 4 (24%) | |
| 8. Be2 | 1 (6%) |
Master games
404 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 39%, draw 39%, Black 22%). The strongest:
- GM Viswanathan Anand (2792) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2863) 1/2-1/2 · WCh 2014 · 2014-11-18
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2875) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2754) 1-0 · Croatia GCT 2019 · 2019-07-01
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2845) – GM Viswanathan Anand (2779) 1-0 · Vugar Gashimov Mem 2019 · 2019-04-01
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2822) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2792) 1/2-1/2 · 5th Sinquefield Cup 2017 · 2017-08-08
- GM Alireza Firouzja (2759) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2840) 1-0 · SpeedChess Final 2025 · 2026-02-08
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Main Line and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- NM Andrey11976 (2798) – SavitarTheGodOfSpeed (2763) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
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Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack (4… Be7 5. Bf4) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack (9… Qa5 10. a3) D37 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack (9… Qa5 10. O-O-O) D37 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. O-O-O
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.