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
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. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 11 times by this move order. White won 9%, 27% were drawn and Black won 64%. The most popular continuation is 7… dxc4 (36% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 7… dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. O-O)
- ECO
- D60
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 10 | |
| All | 11 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… dxc4 | 4 (36%) | |
| 7… c6 Orthodox Defense, Botvinnik Variation (7. Bd3 c6) | 2 (18%) | |
| 7… h6 | 2 (18%) | |
| 7… a6 | 1 (9%) | |
| 7… b6 | 1 (9%) | |
| 7… Re8 | 1 (9%) |
Master games
19 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 32%, draw 31%, Black 37%). The strongest:
- GM A.R. Saleh Salem (2682) – IM Jung Min Seo (2453) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 18th May · 2021-05-18
- GM A.R. Saleh Salem (2682) – FM Denis Lazavik (2439) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 18th May · 2021-05-18
- Georgios Kanakaris (2398) – GM Artem Iljin (2520) 1/2-1/2 · 27th Kavala Open 2018 · 2018-08-10
- WGM Deysi Cori T. (2389) – GM Monika Socko (2471) 0-1 · World Rapid Women 2017 · 2017-12-28
- FM Bibisara Assaubayeva (2381) – WGM Deysi Cori T. (2389) 1-0 · World Rapid Women 2017 · 2017-12-28
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Belant1976 (2278) – turton (2298) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
- safron (2354) – Kevinelcubano (2209) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
- harriskristianto (2192) – juerte (2158) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Botvinnik Variation (7. Bd3 c6) D60 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6
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.