D60: Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox defence, Botvinnik variation

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3

Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox defence, Botvinnik variation

D60 Sub-variants:

Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox defence
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7

Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox defence, Botvinnik variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3

Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox defence, Rauzer variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qb3

Overview

Games on Database:

1911

Last Played:

Sep 2026

Overall score:

39.5%

31.7%

28.8%

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Played frequently by:

White
Amos Burn	14 games
Frank James Marshall	13 games
Harry Nelson Pillsbury	11 games

Black
Viesturs Meijers	8 games
Dawid Markelowicz Janowski	8 games
Jackson Whipps Showalter	7 games

Possible continuations:

7... dxc4

677

36.3 %

35.2 %

28.5 %

7... c6

345

39.1 %

34.8 %

26.1 %

7... b6

305

45.6 %

23.3 %

31.1 %

7... h6

224

39.3 %

33 %

27.7 %

7... c5

163

43.6 %

29.4 %

27 %

7... a6

136

33.8 %

27.2 %

39 %

7... Re8

49.1 %

29.8 %

21.1 %