Queen's Gambit Declined: Stonewall Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Ne4 6. Bd3 f5
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Stonewall Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D30, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Ne4 6. Bd3 f5. 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: +0.58 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 7. Ne5 Qf6 8. O-O Nd7 9. f4 Nxe5)
- ECO
- D30
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Ne4 6. Bd3 f5
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Master games
4 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 25%, Black 75%). The strongest:
- FM Jaroslav Sobek (2176) – FM Martin Holten Fiskaaen (2365) 0-1 · Titled Tue 18th Aug 2026 · 2026-08-18
- IM Marcin Sieciechowicz (2413) – FM Stanislav Kovalevsky (2105) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 10th Jun Early · 2025-06-10
- Wojciech Nagly (2133) – FM Stanislav Kovalevsky (2105) 0-1 · Adolf Anderssen Mem 2025 · 2025-08-02
- Pau Garcia Comas (1886) – Om Batra (2125) 0-1 · VI Llinars Int Open 2026 · 2026-06-29
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Comes from
Semi-Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (4… e6 5. Nbd2) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2
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.