Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Endgame Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 dxe4 8. Qxd8+
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Endgame Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D41, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 dxe4 8. Qxd8+. 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 2 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 8… Kxd8 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.04 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 8… Kxd8 9. Ng5 Be6 10. a3 Nbd7 11. g3)
- ECO
- D41
- Moves
- 15 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 dxe4 8. Qxd8+
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 2 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8… Kxd8 | 2 (100%) |
Master games
235 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 19%, draw 72%, Black 9%). The strongest:
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2862) – GM So, W. (2770) 0-1 · Skilling Open KO 2020 · 2020-11-30
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2862) – GM So, W. (2770) 1-0 · Skilling Open KO 2020 · 2020-11-29
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2864) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2766) 1/2-1/2 · SuperUnited Rapid 2022 · 2022-07-20
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2768) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2859) 1/2-1/2 · World Blitz 2022 · 2022-12-29
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2830) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2794) 1-0 · CCT Final KO 2023 · 2023-12-14
Highest-rated Lichess games
- land12345 (2578) – Bruno-Fernandesh-8 (2581) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
- Nanni49 (1500) – maruyamaaya3724 (1861) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 600 + 0s
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
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.