Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line (10. Bxe7 Qxe7)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line is a chess opening classified as ECO D67, 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 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7. 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 3 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 11. O-O (67% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.29 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 11. O-O b6 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Bb7)
- ECO
- D67
- Moves
- 20 plies
- FEN
r1b2rk1/pp1nqppp/2p1p3/3n4/2BP4/2N1PN2/PP3PPP/2RQK2R w K - 0 11- 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 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 2 | |
| All | 3 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 11. O-O Orthodox Defense, Main Line (10… Qxe7 11. O-O) | 2 (67%) | |
| 11. Ne4 Orthodox Defense, Alekhine Variation | 1 (33%) |
Master games
2 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 100%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- IM Vlado Jakovljevic (2397) – GM Goran Cabrilo (2420) 1/2-1/2 · 14th Premier League BIH · 2015-09-06
- IM Sebastian Plischki (2413) – GM Voloshin, L. (2383) 1/2-1/2 · Ceske Budejovice GM 2018 · 2018-06-29
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line and its sub-variations
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Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Capablanca System 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Alekhine Variation D67 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line (10… Qxe7 11. O-O) D67 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. 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.