Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line (8… h6 9. Bh4)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line is a chess opening classified as ECO D66, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4. 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 4 times by this move order. White won 75%, 0% were drawn and Black won 25%. The most popular continuation is 9… Re8 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.14 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 9… dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bg3 Nxc3 12. bxc3)
- ECO
- D66
- Moves
- 17 plies
- FEN
r1bq1rk1/pp1nbpp1/2p1pn1p/3p4/2PP3B/2NBPN2/PP3PPP/2RQK2R b K - 1 9- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 3 | |
| All | 4 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 9… Re8 | 2 (50%) | |
| 9… dxc4 | 2 (50%) |
Master games
2 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 0%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- IM Rufino Camarena Jimenez (2383) – Miguel Bas Mas (2244) 1-0 · III Hotel Murta Xativa Op · 2017-07-19
- FM Juan Jose Lloret Ramis (2019) – CM Seyed Kian Ghoreishi Amiri (2215) 0-1 · Titled Tue 20th May Early · 2025-05-20
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Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line (7… c6 8. Bd3) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
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.