Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation, Quiet Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation, Quiet Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D37, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3. 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 60 times by this move order. White won 52%, 10% were drawn and Black won 38%. The most popular continuation is 5… a6 (48% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.10 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 5… c5 6. Bxc4 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Be2)
- ECO
- D37
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 6 | |
| 1500-1999 | 13 | |
| 2000+ | 41 | |
| All | 60 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… a6 | 29 (48%) | |
| 5… c5 | 13 (22%) | |
| 5… Bb4 | 7 (12%) | |
| 5… Nc6 | 4 (7%) | |
| 5… Be7 | 3 (5%) | |
| 5… c6 | 2 (3%) | |
| 5… Bd7 | 2 (3%) |
Master games
1,103 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 30%, draw 33%, Black 37%). The strongest:
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2863) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2835) 1-0 · Carlsen Inv Prelim · 2020-04-22
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2863) – GM Liren Ding (2791) 1/2-1/2 · Carlsen Tour Final 2020 · 2020-08-12
- GM So, W. (2780) – GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2737) 0-1 · chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018 · 2018-11-30
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2740) – GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2732) 1-0 · Euro Pairs Blitz Open A · 2023-06-19
- GM Dmitry Andreikin (2710) – GM Parham Maghsoodloo (2708) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025 · 2025-12-23
Highest-rated Lichess games
- JAGMM (2604) – Greener_23 (2707) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
- JAGMM (2628) – rtn_everlast (2556) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- JAGMM (2644) – iamjeremyplunkett (2539) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights, Vienna Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4
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.