Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense (5. d4 e6)
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO D41, reached after 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. White is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: +0.20 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5)
- ECO
- D41
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6
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Master games
20 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 35%, draw 65%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- GM Levon Aronian (2784) – GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (2732) 1/2-1/2 · World Blitz 2015 · 2015-10-14
- GM Gukesh D (2776) – GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (2738) 1-0 · Saint Louis Blitz 2025 · 2025-08-14
- GM Boris Gelfand (2773) – GM Peter Leko (2737) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE GP Beijing · 2013-07-10
- GM David Navara (2734) – GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (2732) 1-0 · IMSA Blitz 2016 · 2016-02-28
- GM Yue Wang (2730) – GM Peter Leko (2712) 1/2-1/2 · 7th Hainan Danzhou GM · 2016-07-09
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Comes from
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Four Knights Variation 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6
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.