Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense (11. Rc1 Be6)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO D59, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6. 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: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 12. Bd3 c5 13. b3 a5 14. O-O Nd7)
- ECO
- D59
- Moves
- 22 plies
- FEN
rn3rk1/p1p1qpp1/1p2b2p/3p4/3P4/4PN2/PP3PPP/2RQKB1R w K - 2 12- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6
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Master games
15 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 20%, draw 60%, Black 20%). The strongest:
- IM Leandro Perdomo (2474) – GM Luis Paulo Supi (2578) 1/2-1/2 · III Duchamp Int Open 2019 · 2019-12-13
- GM Elmar Magerramov (2515) – GM Alexei Barsov (2441) 1/2-1/2 · Sharjah 21 Rapid Op 2016 · 2016-06-12
- GM Mikhail Bryakin (2426) – IM Rohith Krishna S (2473) 1/2-1/2 · RUDAR 16 GM 2025 · 2025-01-31
- Michael Mueller (2250) – GM Fabian Doettling (2588) 1/2-1/2 · German Chess Cup 2015 · 2015-05-10
- FM Laszlo Csizmadia (2313) – IM Gabor Kovacs (2455) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-HUN 2021-22 · 2022-02-27
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Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Makogonov Exchange Variation 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5
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.