Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Janowski Variation

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. h4

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Janowski Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D67, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. h4. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. Black is to move.

This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.

Engine evaluation: +0.10 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 10… h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. g4 Nxc3 13. Rxc3)

ECO

D67

Moves

19 plies

FEN

r1bq1rk1/pp1nbppp/2p1p3/3n2B1/2BP3P/2N1PN2/PP3PP1/2RQK2R b K - 0 10

PGN

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. h4

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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.