Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D30, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+. 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 66 times by this move order. White won 55%, 4% were drawn and Black won 41%. The most popular continuation is 5. Nbd2 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.14 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5)
- ECO
- D30
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 6 | |
| 1500-1999 | 41 | |
| 2000+ | 19 | |
| All | 66 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. Nbd2 | 33 (50%) | |
| 5. Nc3 | 29 (44%) | |
| 5. Bd2 | 4 (6%) |
Master games
226 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 39%, draw 30%, Black 31%). The strongest:
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2808) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2816) 0-1 · GCT Blitz Paris 2018 · 2018-06-23
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2804) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2811) 1-0 · 80th Tata Steel GpA · 2018-01-17
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2817) – GM Pentala Harikrishna (2729) 1/2-1/2 · Tata Steel India Blitz · 2018-11-14
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2784) – GM Alexander Morozevich (2760) 0-1 · 8th Tal Memorial · 2013-06-23
- GM Li Chao2 (2750) – GM Yangyi Yu (2736) 1/2-1/2 · Qatar Masters Open 2015 · 2015-12-26
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Field6820 (2474) – anhbutk (2653) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- berta_20 (2483) – Junoraii (2389) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 600 + 5s
- ChessteacherpalmS (2374) – ramses85 (2372) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5
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.