Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense (5… Nxd5 6. g3)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO D41, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3. 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 3 times by this move order. White won 33%, 0% were drawn and Black won 67%. The most popular continuation is 6… Nc6 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.16 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 6… Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxd8+)
- ECO
- D41
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 3 | |
| All | 3 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… Nc6 | 3 (100%) |
Master games
101 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 25%, draw 53%, Black 22%). The strongest:
- GM Levon Aronian (2775) – GM Liren Ding (2801) 1/2-1/2 · 11th London Classic 2019 · 2019-12-02
- GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2729) – GM Yi Wei (2739) 1-0 · 11th Kings Blitz 2017 · 2017-11-28
- GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2729) – GM Yi Wei (2739) 1/2-1/2 · 11th Kings Rapid 2017 · 2017-11-27
- GM Etienne Bacrot (2718) – GM Yue Wang (2720) 1-0 · SportAccord Blitz 2014 · 2014-12-13
- GM Anton Korobov (2652) – GM Quang Liem Le (2737) 0-1 · 2nd IMSA Blitz 2017 · 2017-12-13
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense and its sub-variations
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Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense (4… c5 5. cxd5) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense (6… Nc6 7. Bg2) D41 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2
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.