Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack (3… Nf6 4. Bf4)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO D35, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2,793 times by this move order. White won 50%, 5% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 4… Bd6 (22% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 4… c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nbd7 7. Qa4)
- ECO
- D35
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 547 | |
| 1500-1999 | 1,808 | |
| 2000+ | 438 | |
| All | 2,793 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… Bd6 | 611 (22%) | |
| 4… Bb4 | 519 (19%) | |
| 4… Be7 | 463 (17%) | |
| 4… a6 | 335 (12%) | |
| 4… c6 | 326 (12%) | |
| 4… c5 | 213 (8%) | |
| 4… Nc6 | 112 (4%) | |
| 4… dxc4 | 70 (3%) |
Master games
338 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 55%, draw 16%, Black 29%). The strongest:
- GM Baadur Jobava (2603) – GM Anton Korobov (2688) 0-1 · Fiona's Fight Night 3 · 2020-07-08
- GM Baadur Jobava (2713) – GM Alexander Donchenko (2563) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-FRA Top 12 2017 · 2017-05-18
- GM Baadur Jobava (2603) – GM Alexander Motylev (2641) 1-0 · PNWCC Online Blitz JP 16 · 2020-07-11
- GM Julio E Granda Zuniga (2640) – GM Ahmed Adly (2589) 0-1 · Akim Cup Pavlodar 2015 · 2015-01-30
- GM Baadur Jobava (2582) – GM Matthias Bluebaum (2639) 1/2-1/2 · Speed Chess GP2 2021 · 2021-09-25
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- hakanborantoprak (2574) – MasonGreeenwood11 (2589) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 600 + 0s
- hakanborantoprak (2610) – MasonGreeenwood11 (2413) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-02 · 600 + 0s
- HdpTmt (2465) – imsk (2522) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6
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.