Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Teichmann Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Teichmann Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D56, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2. 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 times by this move order. White won 50%, 0% were drawn and Black won 50%. The most popular continuation is 9… Nxc3 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.06 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 9… Nxc3 10. Qxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. O-O)
- ECO
- D56
- Moves
- 17 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 2 | |
| All | 2 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 9… Nxc3 | 2 (100%) |
Master games
12 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 25%, draw 58%, Black 17%). The strongest:
- GM Valeriy Neverov (2413) – GM Kaido Kulaots (2494) 1/2-1/2 · Vezerkepzo GM April 2023 · 2023-05-03
- Xi, Qi. (2312) – Haochen Jiang (2450) 1/2-1/2 · ch-CHN 2025 · 2025-06-24
- FM Petr Gnojek (2407) – FM Jakub Stinka (2345) 1/2-1/2 · 35th Czech Open E 2024 · 2024-07-14
- IM Ramil Faizrakhmanov (2434) – CM Bibek Thing (2222) 1/2-1/2 · World Blitz 2019 · 2019-12-30
- FM Sahebali Atanejhad (2111) – IM Chen Zou (2432) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 2nd Aug Early · 2022-08-02
Highest-rated Lichess games
- uzaya (2541) – Akula_Krakula (2630) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 2s
- kmuruganim (2479) – rzet (2335) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation, Main Line 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3
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.