Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense, Vienna Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense, Vienna Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D39, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4. 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 15 times by this move order. White won 67%, 13% were drawn and Black won 20%. The most popular continuation is 6. e4 (40% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.26 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5)
- ECO
- D39
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 5 | |
| 2000+ | 10 | |
| All | 15 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. e4 | 6 (40%) | |
| 6. e3 | 5 (33%) | |
| 6. Qa4+ | 3 (20%) | |
| 6. Bxf6 | 1 (7%) |
Master games
385 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 28%, draw 38%, Black 34%). The strongest:
- GM Liren Ding (2805) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2882) 1-0 · Saint Louis Rapid 2019 · 2019-08-10
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2847) – GM Levon Aronian (2782) 1/2-1/2 · Aimchess US Rapid Prelim · 2021-08-30
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2875) – GM Levon Aronian (2752) 1/2-1/2 · Croatia GCT 2019 · 2019-07-05
- GM Teimour Radjabov (2765) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2847) 1/2-1/2 · NIC Classic KO 2021 · 2021-04-28
- GM So, W. (2812) – GM Levon Aronian (2793) 1/2-1/2 · GCT Blitz YourNextMove · 2017-07-02
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Salty_Ears73 (2378) – CM RabbitsGrowOnTrees (2460) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- edwardz10 (2244) – judehardy1 (2300) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- IudaDenisov (2242) – pucela (2219) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4
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.