Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack (7… c6 8. Qc2)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO D64, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2. 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 1 times by this move order. White won 100%, 0% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 8… dxc4 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.16 (Stockfish, depth 54; best line 8… h6 9. Bh4 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2)
- ECO
- D64
- Moves
- 15 plies
- FEN
r1bq1rk1/pp1nbppp/2p1pn2/3p2B1/2PP4/2N1PN2/PPQ2PPP/2R1KB1R b K - 1 8- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8… dxc4 | 1 (100%) |
Master games
4 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 50%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- GM Mustafa Yilmaz (2630) – GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh (2641) 1-0 · Titled Arena Jan 2nd 2021 · 2021-01-02
- GM Dorian Rogozenco (2509) – GM Pawel Jaracz (2499) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-CZE Extraliga 2014-15 · 2015-01-10
- GM Alexander Rustemov (2525) – FM Sigitas Kalvaitis (2184) 1/2-1/2 · Bogdanovich Mem Final · 2021-02-13
- Mykhailo Podolskyi (2329) – Tunar Davudov (2238) 1-0 · 32nd EY Open U16 2024 · 2024-08-31
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Craigers518 (2124) – Elefant_91 (2197) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 300 + 3s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line (7. Rc1 c6) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack (8. Qc2 a6) D64 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 a6
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.