Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rauzer Variation
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qb3
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rauzer Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D60, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qb3. 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: +0.20 (Stockfish, depth 32; 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 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qb3
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Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6
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- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Haberditz Variation D06
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- 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.