Queen's Gambit Declined
ECO: D30Closed Games1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6
no master games reached this exact line · estimated data
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About the Queen's Gambit Declined
The Queen's Gambit Declined is catalogued under ECO code D30, in the Closed Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6, with Black playing the move that gives the line its name.
The Queen's Gambit Declined has 198 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
Where the line goes next
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight VariationD31 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek VariationD31 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Janowski VariationD31 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal DefenseD35 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense, Pseudo-TarraschD30 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
- Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move OrderD31 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- Tarrasch DefenseD32 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
Other lines of the Queen's Gambit Declined
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin CountergambitD08 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian DefenseD06 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic DefenseD06 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin DefenseD07 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall DefenseD06 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints GambitD06 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 b5
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen AttackD06 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Qb3
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin DefenseD07 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3