Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense (7. e3 b6)
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO D58, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6. 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 14 times by this move order. White won 79%, 7% were drawn and Black won 14%. The most popular continuation is 8. cxd5 (36% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.05 (Stockfish, depth 64; best line 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. a3 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5)
- ECO
- D58
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 3 | |
| 2000+ | 11 | |
| All | 14 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8. cxd5 | 5 (36%) | |
| 8. Bd3 | 4 (29%) | |
| 8. Rc1 | 2 (14%) | |
| 8. Qb3 | 1 (7%) | |
| 8. Qc2 | 1 (7%) | |
| 8. Be2 | 1 (7%) |
Master games
249 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 31%, draw 46%, Black 23%). The strongest:
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2787) – GM Pentala Harikrishna (2763) 1/2-1/2 · chess.com QF Blitz 3m+2spm 2016 · 2016-05-04
- GM Levon Aronian (2809) – GM Michael Adams (2727) 1/2-1/2 · Alekhine Mem · 2013-04-28
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2750) – GM So, W. (2778) 1-0 · Chess.com Rapid Wk5 Swiss · 2022-03-12
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2881) – GM Kiril Georgiev (2644) 1-0 · FIDE World Rapid 2014 · 2014-06-16
- GM Anish Giri (2778) – GM Michael Adams (2744) 1/2-1/2 · 20th European Teams · 2015-11-20
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- ChessteacherpalmS (2367) – Sha1969 (2443) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-03 · 300 + 0s
- Lomonosov-72 (2279) – mwelin77 (2423) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- vladtok (2389) – mens_clinic (2203) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation, Main Line 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3
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.