Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav, Abrahams Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 a5
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav, Abrahams Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D31, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 a5. 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 13 times by this move order. White won 31%, 7% were drawn and Black won 62%. The most popular continuation is 8. axb5 (92% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.33 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7)
- ECO
- D31
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 a5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 12 | |
| All | 13 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8. axb5 | 12 (92%) | |
| 8. Be2 | 1 (8%) |
Master games
229 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 36%, draw 23%, Black 41%). The strongest:
- GM Dmitry Andreikin (2737) – GM Evgeny Tomashevsky (2716) 1/2-1/2 · Tbilisi FIDE GP 2015 · 2015-02-26
- GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2726) – GM Mateusz Bartel (2651) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 · 2023-10-29
- GM Erwin L'Ami (2645) – GM Michal Krasenkow (2640) 1/2-1/2 · 17th Unive Open 2013 · 2013-10-21
- GM Sanan Sjugirov (2675) – IM Dmitry Obolenskikh (2544) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 21st July · 2020-07-21
- IM Pere Garriga Cazorla (2487) – GM Anton Korobov (2693) 0-1 · 7th Sunway Sitges 2020 · 2020-12-19
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Multilaser20 (2418) – QVC64 (2484) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
- Dutchpjotr (2395) – Calapenos (2331) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 2s
- Slava_The_Creator (2395) – hosein76 (2309) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 600 + 0s
Comes from
Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4
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.