Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense, Pseudo-Tarrasch Bishop Attack
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense, Pseudo-Tarrasch Bishop Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO D30, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5. 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 11 times by this move order. White won 64%, 0% were drawn and Black won 36%. The most popular continuation is 5… Nf6 (36% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.37 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 5… Nf6 6. Nc3 Be6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e4)
- ECO
- D30
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 3 | |
| 2000+ | 6 | |
| All | 11 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Nf6 | 4 (36%) | |
| 5… Be7 | 3 (27%) | |
| 5… f6 | 2 (18%) | |
| 5… Qb6 | 2 (18%) |
Master games
102 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 63%, draw 27%, Black 10%). The strongest:
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2759) – GM Jorden Van Foreest (2715) 1/2-1/2 · Chessable Masters Prelim · 2022-05-19
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2757) – GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov (2670) 0-1 · Shusha Chess Blitz 2022 · 2022-09-24
- GM Anish Giri (2762) – GM Rauf Mamedov (2651) 1-0 · Chessable Masters Div 2 L · 2024-02-04
- GM Nijat Abasov (2677) – GM Mads Andersen (2614) 1-0 · TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2023 · 2023-09-20
- GM Aleksandar Indjic (2618) – GM Rauf Mamedov (2655) 1-0 · 25th European Teams · 2025-10-14
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Ektoplasma (2531) – DLR_CH_1 (2526) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- so197371so (2430) – Nugragy (2421) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- dragon_chess14 (2412) – Anduril67 (2382) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense, Pseudo-Tarrasch 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5
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.