Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense (7. Bxe7 Ngxe7)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7
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 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 19 times by this move order. White won 58%, 0% were drawn and Black won 42%. The most popular continuation is 8. e3 (68% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 37; best line 8. Qd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O)
- ECO
- D32
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
r1bqk2r/pp2nppp/2n5/2pp4/3P4/2N2N2/PP2PPPP/R2QKB1R w KQkq - 0 8- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 3 | |
| 2000+ | 16 | |
| All | 19 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8. e3 | 13 (68%) | |
| 8. dxc5 | 6 (32%) |
Master games
83 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 51%, draw 26%, Black 23%). The strongest:
- GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2756) – GM Vladislav Artemiev (2699) 1/2-1/2 · Meltwater Tour Final 2021 · 2021-10-02
- GM Veselin Topalov (2730) – GM Yangyi Yu (2704) 1-0 · 12th Hainan Danzhou GM · 2021-09-24
- GM Quang Liem Le (2709) – GM Aram Hakobyan (2598) 1-0 · PNWCC Online Blitz JP 21 · 2021-02-21
- GM Aleksandr Shimanov (2578) – GM Igor Lysyj (2574) 0-1 · TCh-RUS Rapid 2025 · 2025-10-19
- GM Mateusz Bartel (2624) – GM Martin Petr (2521) 1-0 · TCh-CZE Extraliga 2012-13 · 2012-12-02
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
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Comes from
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
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.