Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, 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 exd5
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Exchange Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D58, 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 exd5. 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 3 times by this move order. White won 100%, 0% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 9. Bd3 (67% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.31 (Stockfish, depth 39; best line 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qb3 c5)
- ECO
- D58
- Moves
- 16 plies
- FEN
rnbq1rk1/p1p1bpp1/1p3n1p/3p4/3P3B/2N1PN2/PP3PPP/R2QKB1R w KQ - 0 9- 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 exd5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 3 | |
| All | 3 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 9. Bd3 | 2 (67%) | |
| 9. h3 | 1 (33%) |
Master games
14 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 64%, draw 22%, Black 14%). The strongest:
- IM Tom Piceu (2350) – FM Etienne Goossens (2241) 1-0 · TCh-BEL 2018-19 · 2018-10-28
- Mladen Gajic (2227) – Danilo Besedes (2307) 1-0 · Int ch-Central SRB Op A · 2015-07-04
- IM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2540) – WCM Ellen Kakulidis (1975) 1-0 · 2nd Sharjah Masters 2018 · 2018-04-12
- IM Le Thao Nguyen Pham (2395) – William Coe (2078) 0-1 · Titled Tue 14th May Early · 2024-05-14
- Jan Dvorak (2210) – Vojtech Kovar (2227) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-CZE 1 Liga Zapad · 2022-03-27
Highest-rated Lichess games
- babafing10 (2319) – goranchess1 (2415) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- wikont7 (2211) – RAMONES93 (2147) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- KTURJ (2317) – ChinmayKedia (1840) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 600 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 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.