Queen's Gambit Declined: Uhlmann Variation

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4

Queen's Gambit Declined: Uhlmann Variation after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4 87654321abcdefgh

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Uhlmann Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D53, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4. 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: +0.08 (Stockfish, depth 41; best line 8. e3 c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7)

ECO
D53
Moves
14 plies
FEN
rnbq1rk1/ppp1bpp1/4pn1p/8/2pP3B/2N2N2/PP2PPPP/2RQKB1R w K - 0 8
PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4

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Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7

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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.