Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation, Canal Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 Qb6
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation, Canal Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D50, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 Qb6. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. White is to move.
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 6. dxe6 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.78 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 6. Bxf6 Qxb2 7. Rc1 gxf6 8. e3 cxd4)
- ECO
- D50
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
rnb1kb1r/pp3ppp/1q2pn2/2pP2B1/3P4/2N5/PP2PPPP/R2QKBNR w KQkq - 1 6- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 Qb6
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6. dxe6 | 1 (100%) |
Master games
5 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 60%, draw 20%, Black 20%). The strongest:
- GM Rainer Knaak (2457) – GM Nikolay A Legky (2350) 1-0 · TCh-EUR Senior +65 2022 · 2022-11-02
- Petr Skacelik (2181) – Petr Bazant (2255) 0-1 · TCh-CZE 1 Liga Vychod · 2015-10-11
- Adam Dvorak (2119) – Petr Bazant (2272) 1-0 · TCh-CZE Vychod 2013-14 · 2014-02-23
- Declan Shafi (2146) – Raymond Wynarczyk (1852) 1-0 · 126th ch-SCO Open 2019 · 2019-07-11
- Jim Burnett (1991) – Raymond Wynarczyk (1894) 1/2-1/2 · 21st 4NCL Congress 2019 · 2019-01-19
Highest-rated Lichess games
- totombak (2093) – Mgc87 (2144) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 600 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5
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.