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D63: Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox defence, Swiss, Karlsbad variation

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5

Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox defence, Swiss, Karlsbad variation

D63 Sub-variants:

Overview

Games on Database: 520
Last Played: Mar 2026
Overall score:
32.7% 48.5% 18.8%

Played frequently by:

White  
Svetozar Gligoric 7 games
Jan H Timman 5 games
Carsten Hoi 4 games
Black  
Istvan Csom 14 games
Raset Ziatdinov 8 games
Yuri S Balashov 7 games

Possible continuations:

8... exd5  519
32.8 % 48.4 % 18.9 %