Queen's Gambit Declined — opening family

198 catalogued lines · ECO D02–D69

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The shortest catalogued line of the family runs 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 — the position below. The continuation chips count how many catalogued lines extend this head with each next move; any branch can be explored on the interactive tree and played against the engine from there.

Main continuations

cxd5 · 2 Nf3 · 1 dxc5 · 1

All 198 lines

Name	ECO	Main line length
Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense	D06	4 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints Gambit	D06	4 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit	D08	4 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined	D30	4 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense	D06	4 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense	D06	4 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense	D07	4 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation	D31	5 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen Attack	D06	5 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense	D07	5 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense, Pseudo-Tarrasch	D30	6 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Alapin Variation	D31	6 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Janowski Variation	D31	6 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Attack, Salvio Countergambit	D06	6 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Tartakower Gambit	D07	6 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Lazard Gambit	D07	6 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation	D31	6 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense	D35	6 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense, Tan Gambit	D06	6 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Gusev Countergambit	D06	6 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Main Line	D07	6 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense	D07	6 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Exchange Variation	D07	6 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Spassky Variation	D08	7 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen Attack Deferred	D06	7 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Normal Line	D08	7 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional Variation	D30	7 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack	D35	7 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation	D37	7 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation	D50	7 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Main Line, Alekhine Variation	D07	7 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation	D35	7 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Janowski Variation	D07	7 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Slav	D02	8 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Tartakower Defense	D08	8 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Capablanca Variation	D30	8 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense	D40	8 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Been-Koomen Variation	D50	8 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Chigorin	D06	8 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense	D38	8 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined	D53	8 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation	D30	8 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense	D32	8 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Variation	D37	8 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights, Vienna Variation	D37	8 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense	D51	8 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Modern Gambit	D07	8 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation	D09	9 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation, Miladinovic Gambit	D31	9 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Pillsbury Variation	D40	9 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack	D37	9 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation, Quiet Variation	D37	9 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense	D41	9 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation	D50	9 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense	D51	9 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined	D53	9 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Modern Line	D08	9 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense, Pseudo-Tarrasch Bishop Attack	D30	9 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense, Alekhine Variation	D38	9 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Heral Variation	D53	9 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Spielmann Variation	D30	10 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation	D35	9 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense	D41	10 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Bg4 Line	D09	10 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Be6 Line	D09	10 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Bf5 Line	D09	10 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation	D37	10 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense	D51	10 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense	D53	10 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Janowski Variation	D08	10 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation, Canal Variation	D50	10 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Manhattan Variation	D51	10 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Balogh Variation	D08	10 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Lasker Trap	D08	10 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation	D35	10 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense, Vienna Variation	D39	10 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined	D53	10 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Haberditz Variation	D06	10 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Argentinian Gambit	D06	10 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, with e3	D40	11 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Capablanca Variation, Anti-Cambridge Springs Variation	D51	11 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Alekhine Variation	D51	11 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined	D52	11 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation	D54	11 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Normal Line	D55	11 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Capablanca Variation	D30	11 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Miles Variation	D37	11 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense	D41	11 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Pillsbury Variation	D41	11 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Exchange Variation	D41	11 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined	D53	11 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation	D36	11 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation, Primitive Pillsbury Variation	D50	11 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Stonewall Variation	D30	12 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Orthodox Defense	D37	12 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Fianchetto Defense	D37	12 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation	D55	12 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semmering Variation	D30	12 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Sämisch Variation	D35	11 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Westphalian Variation	D38	12 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Defense	D52	12 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined	D53	12 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation	D35	12 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Two Knights Defense	D37	12 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense	D60	12 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense	D32	12 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Knight Defense, Alekhine Gambit	D37	12 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation, Main Line	D55	13 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Two Knights Defense, Blockade Line	D37	13 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Anti-Tartakower Variation	D55	13 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav, Abrahams Variation	D31	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense	D41	13 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Main Line	D42	13 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Rochlin Variation	D51	13 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Defense, Capablanca Variation	D52	13 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Defense	D52	13 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined	D53	13 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rauzer Variation	D60	13 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Botvinnik Variation	D60	13 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation	D61	13 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line	D63	13 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav, Junge Variation	D31	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav, Koomen Variation	D31	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense	D58	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Symmetrical Variation	D40	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Exchange Variation	D41	13 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense	D56	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense	D32	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense	D40	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Botvinnik Variation	D60	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation	D61	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation	D61	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line	D63	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Henneberger Variation	D63	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Carlsen Variation	D35	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation	D35	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Main Line	D37	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Defense, Rubinstein Variation	D52	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Uhlmann Variation	D53	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Defense, Yugoslav Variation	D52	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense	D32	14 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined	D56	15 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation	D61	15 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Henneberger Variation	D63	15 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Defense, Bogoljubow Variation	D52	15 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack	D64	15 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line	D66	15 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation	D36	15 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Krause Variation	D50	15 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation, Flohr Line	D62	15 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Swiss, Carlsbad Variation	D63	15 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation	D36	15 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Henneberger Variation	D63	16 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense	D56	16 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation	D61	16 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line	D63	16 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack	D64	16 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Exchange Variation	D58	16 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Makogonov Exchange Variation	D59	16 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack	D64	16 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Exchange Variation, Costa's Line	D07	15 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Endgame Variation	D41	15 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Krenosz Variation	D08	16 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Henneberger Variation	D63	17 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack	D64	17 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line	D66	17 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation	D36	17 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Defense, Argentine Variation	D52	17 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack	D65	17 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Pillsbury Attack	D55	17 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Teichmann Variation	D56	17 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Capablanca Variation	D63	17 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Pillsbury Variation	D63	17 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Fianchetto Variation	D66	18 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation	D61	18 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Capablanca System	D67	18 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, San Sebastian Variation	D41	18 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack	D37	19 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Levenfish Variation	D40	19 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack	D65	19 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Janowski Variation	D67	19 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack	D37	19 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense, Stoltz Variation	D34	20 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Main Line	D57	19 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Chameleon Variation	D35	19 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line	D67	20 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Anti-Tartakower Variation, Petrosian Variation	D55	21 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line	D67	21 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Alekhine Variation	D67	21 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense	D59	22 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Kmoch Variation	D41	21 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Bernstein Variation	D57	22 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Bernstein Variation, Mar del Plata Gambit	D57	24 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation	D68	24 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation	D68	25 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation	D68	25 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Russian Variation	D56	26 plies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation	D69	28 plies