Zukertort Opening: Wade Defense, Chigorin Plan
1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. Qb3 Rb8
The Zukertort Opening: Wade Defense, Chigorin Plan is a chess opening classified as ECO A41, reached after 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. Qb3 Rb8. It is a line of the Zukertort Opening. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 3 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 5. Nc3 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.65 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bh6 7. h3 Bxf3)
- ECO
- A41
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. Qb3 Rb8
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 3 | |
| All | 3 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. Nc3 | 3 (100%) |
Master games
30 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 33%, Black 17%). The strongest:
- GM Konstantin Landa (2662) – IM Willy Hendriks (2390) 1-0 · HMC Calder Cup 2014 · 2014-06-21
- GM Jaan Ehlvest (2517) – GM Eldar Gasanov (2481) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 12th May · 2020-05-12
- IM Bachana Morchiashvili (2355) – GM Aleksander Delchev (2631) 1/2-1/2 · 11th Kesan Open · 2013-08-28
- FM Vitaly Gurvich (2340) – GM Aleksei Pridorozhni (2579) 0-1 · ch-RUS Rapid 2016 · 2016-10-03
- GM Uwe Boensch (2524) – FM Thomas Hebesberger (2351) 1-0 · TCh-AUT 1st Bundesliga 2013-14 · 2014-03-21
Search all games of the Zukertort Opening: Wade Defense, Chigorin Plan and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Dexeian (2398) – geneticmaterial (2405) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- J9W9F9R (2354) – ENTROPY_01 (2245) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Pepiton61 (2188) – rocoide (2162) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Wade Defense 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4
More Zukertort Opening lines (all)
- Zukertort Opening (1. Nf3) A04
- Zukertort Opening: Arctic Defense A04
- Zukertort Opening: Arctic Defense, Drunken Knight Variation A04
- Zukertort Opening: Basman Defense A04
- Zukertort Opening: Black Mustang Defense A04
- Zukertort Opening: Drunken Cavalry Variation A04
- Zukertort Opening: Dutch Variation A04
- Zukertort Opening: Herrstrom Gambit A04
- Zukertort Opening: Kingside Fianchetto A04
- Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit A04
- Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit Deferred A04
- Zukertort Opening: Pirc Invitation A04
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.