D40: Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch defence

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5

Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch defence

D40 Sub-variants:

Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch defence
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5

Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, symmetrical variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O

Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, Levenfish variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 Qe7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. e4

Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch defence, Pillsbury variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bg5

Overview

Games on Database:

6296

Last Played:

Jun 2025

Overall score:

35.6%

45.6%

18.8%

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Played frequently by:

White
Miguel Najdorf	22 games
Wolfgang Uhlmann	21 games
Tigran V Petrosian	17 games

Black
Ludek Pachman	38 games
Ivan Farago	37 games
Viktor Korchnoi	32 games

Possible continuations:

5. cxd5

4586

35.2 %

48.4 %

16.4 %

5. e3

1192

36.6 %

41.2 %

22.2 %

5. Bg5

377

39.3 %

29.2 %

31.6 %

5. dxc5

22.2 %

41.3 %

36.5 %

5. Bf4

37.9 %

34.5 %

27.6 %

5. g3

37.5 %

50 %

5. Be3

100 %