Queen's Gambit Declined: Manhattan Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Bb4
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Manhattan Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D51, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Bb4. 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 57 times by this move order. White won 40%, 7% were drawn and Black won 53%. The most popular continuation is 6. Nf3 (30% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.41 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nf3 Bxc3+)
- ECO
- D51
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Bb4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 10 | |
| 1500-1999 | 33 | |
| 2000+ | 14 | |
| All | 57 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Nf3 | 17 (30%) | |
| 6. cxd5 | 7 (12%) | |
| 6. Rc1 | 7 (12%) | |
| 6. a3 | 7 (12%) | |
| 6. Bd3 | 4 (7%) | |
| 6. Qb3 | 4 (7%) | |
| 6. Qc2 | 4 (7%) | |
| 6. Bxf6 | 3 (5%) |
Master games
33 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 33%, draw 9%, Black 58%). The strongest:
- GM Vladislav Borovikov (2557) – GM Henrik Teske (2537) 1/2-1/2 · 10th Schachturken-Cup 2013 · 2013-12-29
- IM Kassa Korley (2450) – IM Michael Brown (2524) 1/2-1/2 · CCCSA Winter GM 2019 · 2019-01-19
- GM Jiri Stocek (2531) – FM Jachym Nemec (2416) 1-0 · ch-CZE 2024 · 2024-05-05
- CM Siar Yaran (2288) – GM Martyn Kravtsiv (2598) 0-1 · Titled Tue 25th Jul Early · 2023-07-25
- GM Pa Iniyan (2495) – FM Francisco Javier Munoz (2389) 0-1 · Titled Tue 9th Apr Early · 2024-04-09
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined: Manhattan Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- QualisChess (2452) – Gukkoff (2472) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- pantera12 (2421) – Bextiyar93 (2363) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- Schacheule65 (2425) – Preempted (2336) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense (4… Nbd7 5. e3) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. 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.