Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Botvinnik Variation (7. Bd3 c6)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Botvinnik Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D60, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6. 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 2 times by this move order. White won 0%, 50% were drawn and Black won 50%. The most popular continuation is 8. O-O (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.33 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O Nxc3)
- ECO
- D60
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
r1bq1rk1/pp1nbppp/2p1pn2/3p2B1/2PP4/2NBPN2/PP3PPP/R2QK2R w KQ - 0 8- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 8. O-O | 2 (100%) |
Master games
3 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 33%, draw 67%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- FM Klaus de Francesco (2246) – FM Guenter Moser (2356) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-AUT 2012-13 · 2013-03-24
- WFM Daria Vanduyfhuys (2050) – Markus, Dr. Peglau (1886) 1-0 · Wroclaw Open 2020 · 2020-08-02
- Jiayu Lin (1649) – Jonathon M McNeill (1959) 1/2-1/2 · Belt and Road Hunan Op C · 2019-07-31
Highest-rated Lichess games
- BrownMonster (2135) – chirality (2099) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
- ElMagoDeRicla2024 (2121) – fotoh (2088) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Botvinnik Variation (6… Nbd7 7. Bd3) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. 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.