Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Henneberger Variation (8. c5 c6)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5 c6
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Henneberger Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D63, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5 c6. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: +0.21 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 Ne8 11. Bf4 Nxc5)
- ECO
- D63
- Moves
- 16 plies
- FEN
r1bq1rk1/1p1nbppp/p1p1pn2/2Pp2B1/3P4/2N1PN2/PP3PPP/2RQKB1R w K - 0 9- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5 c6
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Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:
- FM Olaf Michalski (2271) – Pranav Swaminathan (2115) 0-1 · Titled Tue 28th Jan Late · 2025-01-28
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Henneberger Variation (7… a6 8. c5) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Henneberger Variation (8… c6 9. Bd3) D63 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. c5 c6 9. 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.