Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense (6… Nc6 7. Bg2)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2
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 Nc6 7. Bg2. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. Black is to move.
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 7… cxd4 (67% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.08 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 7… Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxd4 10. Qa4+)
- ECO
- D41
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 7… cxd4 | 2 (67%) | |
| 7… Nxc3 | 1 (33%) |
Master games
21 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 52%, draw 29%, Black 19%). The strongest:
- GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2745) – GM Sergey Karjakin (2783) 1/2-1/2 · Vugar Gashimov Mem 2017 · 2017-04-24
- GM Viktor Erdos (2604) – GM Mircea-Emilian Parligras (2645) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-ROU Superliga 2018 · 2018-12-02
- GM Erwin L'Ami (2614) – GM Imre Jr. Hera (2599) 1/2-1/2 · Dutch League 2015-16 · 2015-09-26
- GM Shanglei Lu (2570) – GM Jun Zhao (2621) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-CHN 2015 · 2015-08-22
- GM Alexey Sarana (2613) – IM Andrey Drygalov (2450) 1-0 · Eurasia Cup SKB Kontur · 2018-08-03
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Runasimi (2467) – Zentheon (2501) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
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Comes from
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
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.