Queen's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints Gambit
1. d4 d5 2. c4 b5
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO D06, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 b5. 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 27 times by this move order. White won 78%, 0% were drawn and Black won 22%. The most popular continuation is 3. cxb5 (37% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.37 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 3. cxb5 e6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 Nf6)
- ECO
- D06
- Moves
- 4 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 b5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 13 | |
| 1500-1999 | 13 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 27 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3. cxb5 | 10 (37%) | |
| 3. cxd5 | 10 (37%) | |
| 3. c5 | 4 (15%) | |
| 3. e3 | 2 (7%) | |
| 3. Nc3 | 1 (4%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- cigarron (2561) – Diego7SG (2376) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
- stephjo (1999) – limonchiK1961 (1992) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- rifarafi (1912) – riclampreia (1781) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit 1. d4 d5 2. c4
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.