Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation, Primitive Pillsbury Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Qxd4
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation, Primitive Pillsbury Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D50, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Qxd4. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 6 times by this move order. White won 50%, 0% were drawn and Black won 50%. The most popular continuation is 6… Nc6 (67% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.19 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 6… Nc6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Qh4 dxc4 9. Rd1)
- ECO
- D50
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Qxd4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 4 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 6 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… Nc6 | 4 (67%) | |
| 6… Qa5 | 1 (17%) | |
| 6… Be7 | 1 (17%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:
- CM Oscar Humberto Ardila (2016) – CM Artyom Manukyan (2148) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 9th Mar · 2021-03-09
Highest-rated Lichess games
- rusiankiller (2093) – Hayk1977 (2006) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- PrabB (1661) – mohasd (1664) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- ibrahim9672a (1518) – JASUR_ENT (1612) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Been-Koomen Variation 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5
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.