Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense (6. Bg5 Be7)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO D32, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 22 times by this move order. White won 59%, 0% were drawn and Black won 41%. The most popular continuation is 7. Bxe7 (95% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7 8. Qd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4)
- ECO
- D32
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
r1bqk1nr/pp2bppp/2n5/2pp2B1/3P4/2N2N2/PP2PPPP/R2QKB1R w KQkq - 4 7- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 6 | |
| 2000+ | 16 | |
| All | 22 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. Bxe7 | 21 (95%) | |
| 7. Bf4 | 1 (5%) |
Master games
2 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- Carlos Gonzalez Lema (2199) – Adrian Exposito Milan (2053) 1-0 · TCh-ESP Rapid 2023 · 2023-09-23
- Tobias Grenz (1899) – Carsten Dumjahn (2023) 1-0 · TCh-GER Online Liga 1 GpD · 2020-07-06
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- sofi_She (2434) – Ayda_M (2331) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 2s
- chessonemanager (2341) – gtomov (2412) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- ChesswarriorTampere (2295) – Ryssy (2400) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense (7. Bxe7 Ngxe7) D32 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7
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.