Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Exchange Variation (5… Nxd5 6. e4)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Exchange 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 Nxd5 6. e4. 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 67 times by this move order. White won 42%, 10% were drawn and Black won 48%. The most popular continuation is 6… Nxc3 (96% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.36 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 6… Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2)
- 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. e4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 12 | |
| 2000+ | 55 | |
| All | 67 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… Nxc3 | 64 (96%) | |
| 6… cxd4 | 2 (3%) | |
| 6… Nb6 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
8 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 50%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2734) – GM Vincent Keymer (2717) 1/2-1/2 · AI Cup Play-In 2023 · 2023-09-18
- GM Kamil Dragun (2580) – GM Bartlomiej Heberla (2556) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2015 · 2015-10-04
- IM Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy (2477) – IM Apoorv Kamble (2435) 1/2-1/2 · SixDays Sept Open 2026 · 2026-09-18
- CM Yan Derige Kane (2204) – IM Jakub Pulpan (2410) 1-0 · Titled Tue 7th Mar Late · 2023-03-07
- FM Teimur Toktomushev (2247) – CM Denis Shurakov (2085) 1-0 · Titled Tue 26th Nov Early · 2024-11-26
Highest-rated Lichess games
- NM Andrey11976 (2792) – BILLYS10 (2753) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- NM Andrey11976 (2794) – BILLYS10 (2748) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- NM Andrey11976 (2800) – NameTheGame (2718) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 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
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Exchange Variation (6… Nxc3 7. bxc3) D41 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3
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.