Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch 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. 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 107 times by this move order. White won 47%, 7% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 5… exd5 (80% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.31 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 5… cxd4 6. Qxd4 Be7 7. e3 exd5 8. Bb5+)
- ECO
- D50
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
rnbqkb1r/pp3ppp/4pn2/2pP2B1/3P4/2N5/PP2PPPP/R2QKBNR b KQkq - 0 5- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 21 | |
| 1500-1999 | 67 | |
| 2000+ | 19 | |
| All | 107 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… exd5 | 86 (80%) | |
| 5… cxd4 | 19 (18%) | |
| 5… Qb6 Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation, Canal Variation | 1 (1%) | |
| 5… c4 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
49 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 47%, draw 20%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- GM Alexey Sarana (2697) – GM Dmitrij Kollars (2619) 0-1 · Titled Tue 13th Feb Early · 2024-02-13
- GM Boris Savchenko (2633) – GM Alexei Bezgodov (2493) 0-1 · 69th ch-RUS HL 2016 · 2016-06-27
- IM Juan Plazuelo Pascual (2449) – GM Titas Stremavicius (2551) 1/2-1/2 · 9th Semana Santa Alicante · 2025-04-20
- GM Vitaly Kunin (2554) – IM Michael Fedorovsky (2427) 1-0 · 18th Neckar Open 2014 · 2014-04-20
- GM Vokac, M. (2340) – FM Radek Londyn (2404) 1-0 · TCh-CZE 1 Liga Zapad · 2020-01-19
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- sallallami (2406) – StayinginDodge (2419) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 2s
- MiyamotoMusasi (2254) – vktchess (2311) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
- oldmisio (2295) – SA77chess (2198) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Been-Koomen Variation 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation, Canal Variation D50 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 Qb6
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.