D30-D69
Queen's Gambit Declined
1. d4 d5 2. c4 b5 About This Opening
The Queen's Gambit Declined (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6) is one of the most trusted defenses in chess history, meeting the gambit with classical central control. It has been the battleground of more world championship games than almost any other opening.
Famous Games
- Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927 World Championship
Variations
102 found D06 D06 D06 D06 D06 D06 D06 D06 D06 D30 D31 D31 D31 D06 D30 D31 D35 D35 D06 D06 D30 D30 D30 D32 D31 D35 D37 D38 D43 D50 D53 D06 D31 D45 D50 D51 D53 D30 D31 D31 D35 D50 D51 D31 D32 D33 D33 D44 D46 D46 D46 D51 D51 D52 D55 D30 D31 D55 D60 D60 D31 D32 D50 D63 D63 D32 D32 D52 D34 D47 D56 D31 D35 D48 D52 D55 D56 D63 D63 D41 D48 D66 D31 D31 D32 D34 D35 D57 D64 D55 D31 D35 D35 D67 D49 D67 D49 D35 D35 D35 D35 D35
Zilbermints Gambit, QGD
d4 d5 c4 b5 Brieger Defense; Sahovic Defense, QGD; Baltic Defense
d4 d5 c4 Bf5 Austrian Defense; Summetrical Defense, QGD
d4 d5 c4 c5 Alekhine Defense, QGD
d4 d5 c4 g6 Marshall Defense; Knight Defense, QGD
d4 d5 c4 Nf6 Gusev Countergambit, QGD
d4 d5 c4 c5 cxd5 Nf6 Salvio Countergambit, QGD
d4 d5 c4 c5 dxc5 d4 Tartakower Gambit, QGD
d4 d5 c4 Nc6 Nc3 e5 Cocquio Counter Gambit, QGD; Tan Gambit
d4 d5 c4 Nf6 cxd5 c6 Pseudo-Tarrasch, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nf3 c5 Janowski Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 a6 Alapin Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 b6 Alatortsev; Petrosian, Charousek Var, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Be7 Queen Attack, Baltic Defens, QGD
d4 d5 c4 Bf5 Nc3 e6 Qb3 Traditional Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nf3 Nf6 Bg5 Queen's Gambit Declined: QGA Shift
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 dxc4 e4 Harrwitz; Rubinstein Var, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bf4 Exchange Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 cxd5 Pseudo-Slav, QGD
d4 d5 c4 Bf5 Nc3 e6 Nf3 c6 Pseudo-Chigorin, QGD
d4 d5 c4 Bf5 Nc3 e6 Nf3 Nc6 Vienna Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nf3 Nf6 Bg5 Bb4+ Duras Variation, QGD; Capablanca Variation
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nf3 Nf6 Bg5 h6 Pseudo-Meran; Semi-Slav, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nf3 Nf6 e3 c6 Schara-Hennig; Duisburg Gambit, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 c5 cxd5 cxd4 Miladinovic Gambit, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Be7 e4 dxe4 f3 Positional Variation, Exchange Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 cxd5 exd5 Bg5 Harrwitz Attack, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 Be7 Bf4 Alekhine Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 Bb4 Qa4 Anti-Meran Gambit, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 Bg5 Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 c5 cxd5 Heral Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 Bxf6 Haberditz Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 c5 cxd5 Nf6 e4 Nxe4 dxc5 Qa5+ Baltic Defense, QGD
d4 d5 c4 Bf5 cxd5 Bxb1 Qa4+ c6 dxc6 Nxc6 Acclerated Meran, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 e3 a6 Canal; Venice Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 c5 cxd5 Qb6 Manhattan; Westphalia Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Nbd7 e3 Bb4 Lasker Defense, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 e3 Ne4 Capablanca Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nf3 Nf6 Bg5 Nbd7 e3 c6 Nbd2 Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Strike
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 c6 e4 Nf6 cxd5 exd5 e5 Queen's Gambit Declined: Castle Lock
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Bb4 e3 Bxc3+ bxc3 Nf6 Ba3 Saemisch Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 cxd5 exd5 Nf3 Nbd7 Bf4 Primitive Pillsbury Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 c5 Nf3 cxd4 Qxd4 Alekhine Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Nbd7 Nf3 c6 e4 Argentinian Gambit, QGD
d4 d5 c4 Bf5 cxd5 Bxb1 Qa4+ c6 dxc6 Nxc6 Rxb1 Qxd4 Tarrasch Gambit, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 c5 cxd5 exd5 dxc5 d4 Na4 b5 Folkestone; Swedish Var, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 c5 cxd5 exd5 Nf3 Nc6 g3 c4 Prague Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 c5 cxd5 exd5 Nf3 Nc6 g3 Nf6 Botvinnik Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 Bg5 dxc4 e4 b5 Romi Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 e3 Nbd7 Bd3 Bb4 Chigorin Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 e3 Nbd7 Bd3 Bd6 Bogoljubow Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 e3 Nbd7 Bd3 Be7 Westphalian Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Nbd7 e3 Bb4 Nf3 c5 Alekhine Gambit, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Nbd7 Nf3 h6 Bh4 dxc4 Cambridge Springs; Pillsbury Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Nbd7 e3 c6 Nf3 Qa5 Neo Orthodox Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Nf3 h6 Hastings Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nf3 Nf6 Bg5 h6 Bxf6 Qxf6 Nc3 c6 Qb3 Queen's Gambit Declined: Gambit Grip
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 c6 e4 Nf6 cxd5 cxd5 e5 Nfd7 Qg4 Anti-Tartakower Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Nf3 h6 Bxf6 Botvinnik Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Nf3 Nbd7 Bd3 Rauzer Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Nf3 Nbd7 Qb3 Abrahams; Noteboom; Klaus Junge Var, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 c6 Nf3 dxc4 a4 Bb4 e3 b5 Bd2 a5 Von Hennig Gambit, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 c5 cxd5 cxd4 Qxd4 Nc6 Qd1 exd5 Qxd5 Be6 Uhlmann Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 Nf3 h6 Bh4 O-O Rc1 dxc4 Henneberger; Swiss Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Nf3 Nbd7 Rc1 a6 Rubinstein Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Nf3 Nbd7 Rc1 c6 Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Trap
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 c5 cxd5 exd5 Nf3 Nc6 dxc5 Bxc5 Qxd5 Qxd5 Nxd5 Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Bite
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 c5 cxd5 cxd4 Qa4+ Bd7 Qxd4 exd5 Qxd5 Nf6 Qb3 Bogoljubov Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Nbd7 e3 c6 Nf3 Qa5 Nd2 Bb4 Qc2 Rubinstein; Normal Position, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 c5 cxd5 exd5 Nf3 Nc6 g3 Nf6 Bg2 Be7 O-O O-O Wade Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 e3 Nbd7 Bd3 dxc4 Bxc4 b5 Bd3 Bb7 Lasker Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Nf3 h6 Bh4 Ne4 Bxe7 Qxe7 Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Exchange
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 c6 e4 dxe4 Nxe4 Nf6 Nxf6+ Qxf6 Nf3 Bb4+ Bd2 Bxd2+ Qxd2 Queen's Gambit Declined: Quiet Capture
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 cxd5 exd5 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Bd3 c5 dxc5 Bxc5 Nge2 Old Meran Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 e3 Nbd7 Bd3 dxc4 Bxc4 b5 Bd3 a6 O-O Argentine Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Nbd7 e3 c6 Nf3 Qa5 Nd2 Bb4 Qc2 O-O Bh4 Pillsbury Attack, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Nf3 b6 Bd3 Bb7 cxd5 exd5 Ne5 Teichmann Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Nf3 h6 Bh4 Ne4 Bxe7 Qxe7 Qc2 Capablanca Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Nf3 Nbd7 Rc1 b6 cxd5 exd5 Bb5 Pillsbury Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Nf3 Nbd7 Rc1 b6 cxd5 exd5 Bd3 San Sebastian Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c5 cxd5 Nxd5 e4 Nxc3 bxc3 cxd4 cxd4 Bb4+ Bd2 Bxd2+ Pirc Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 e3 Nbd7 Bd3 dxc4 Bxc4 b5 Bd3 a6 e4 b4 Fianchetto Variation, Orthodox Defense, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Nf3 Nbd7 Rc1 c6 Bd3 dxc4 Bxc4 b5 Queen's Gambit Declined: Active Gambit
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 c6 e4 dxe4 Nxe4 Bb4+ Bd2 Qxd4 Bxb4 Qxe4+ Be2 Qxg2 Bf3 Qg5 Ne2 Queen's Gambit Declined: Nimzo Shift
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Bb4 e3 Nf6 a3 Bxc3+ bxc3 O-O cxd5 exd5 Bd3 c5 Ne2 Nc6 O-O Queen's Gambit Declined: C-File Crush
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 c5 cxd5 exd5 Nf3 Nc6 dxc5 d4 Na4 Bxc5 Nxc5 Qa5+ Bd2 Qxc5 Rc1 Reti Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 c5 cxd5 exd5 Nf3 Nc6 g3 Nf6 Bg2 Be7 O-O O-O dxc5 Bxc5 Na4 Queen's Gambit Declined: Blunder Punisher
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 cxd5 exd5 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Bd3 b6 Bxf6 Bxf6 Qh5 g6 Qxd5 Bernstein Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Nf3 h6 Bh4 Ne4 Bxe7 Qxe7 cxd5 Nxc3 bxc3 Janowski Variation, Orthodox Defense, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Nf3 Nbd7 Rc1 c6 Bd3 dxc4 Bxc4 Nd5 h4 Petrosian Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Nf3 h6 Bxf6 Bxf6 Rc1 c6 Bd3 Nd7 O-O dxc4 Queen's Gambit Declined: Forking Queen
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Bb4 e3 Nf6 a3 Bxc3+ bxc3 O-O cxd5 Nxd5 Bd3 Nxc3 Qc2 Nd5 Bxh7+ Kh8 Bd3 Queen's Gambit Declined: Bishop Hunt
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 cxd5 exd5 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Bd3 h6 Bh4 c6 Nge2 Bg4 f3 Bh5 Nf4 Queen's Gambit Declined: Center Seizure
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 cxd5 Nxd5 e4 Nxc3 bxc3 Be7 Nf3 O-O Bd3 c5 O-O cxd4 cxd4 Nc6 Bb2 Alekhine Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Nf3 Nbd7 Rc1 c6 Bd3 dxc4 Bxc4 Nd5 Bxe7 Qxe7 Ne4 Sozin Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 e3 Nbd7 Bd3 dxc4 Bxc4 b5 Bd3 a6 e4 c5 e5 cxd4 Nxb5 Nxe5 Classical Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Nf3 Nbd7 Rc1 c6 Bd3 dxc4 Bxc4 Nd5 Bxe7 Qxe7 O-O Nxc3 Rxc3 Stahlberg Variation, QGD
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 e3 Nbd7 Bd3 dxc4 Bxc4 b5 Bd3 a6 e4 c5 e5 cxd4 Nxb5 Nxe5 Nxe5 axb5 Queen's Gambit Declined: Coordinated Assault
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 cxd5 exd5 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Bd3 c6 Qc2 h6 Bh4 Nbd7 Nge2 Re8 O-O Nf8 f3 Ne6 Rad1 c5 dxc5 Queen's Gambit Declined: Weakness Target
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 cxd5 exd5 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Bd3 c6 Qc2 h6 Bh4 Nbd7 Nge2 Re8 O-O Ne4 Bxe7 Qxe7 Rae1 f5 f3 Nxc3 Nxc3 Queen's Gambit Declined: Solid Center
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 cxd5 Nxd5 e4 Nxc3 bxc3 c5 Nf3 cxd4 cxd4 Bb4+ Bd2 Bxd2+ Qxd2 O-O Bc4 Nd7 O-O b6 Rfe1 Bb7 Rad1 Rc8 Bb3 Queen's Gambit Declined: Knight Prod
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 cxd5 exd5 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Bd3 c6 Qc2 h6 Bh4 Nbd7 Nge2 Re8 O-O Ne4 Bxe7 Qxe7 Rae1 Ndf6 f3 Nxc3 Nxc3 Queen's Gambit Declined: Center Break
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 cxd5 exd5 Bg5 Be7 e3 O-O Bd3 c6 Qc2 h6 Bh4 Nbd7 Nge2 Re8 O-O Ne4 Bxe7 Qxe7 Rae1 Ndf6 f3 Nd6 e4 dxe4 fxe4