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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5

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Black to move
11,037 games · 1847-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

4...Be7

6,772

40.4%

40.1%

19.5%

4...Nbd7

3,011

44.6%

29.3%

26%

4...c6

707

41.9%

34.2%

23.9%

4...c5

320

39.4%

33.4%

27.2%

4...Bb4

259

49%

30.5%

20.5%

4...dxc4

131

35.9%

38.2%

26%

4...h6

15

33.3%

20%

46.7%

4...Nc6

4

100%

4...Be7 -0.01 (35 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921 (0-1)
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927 (0-1)
Gruenfeld vs Alekhine, 1923 (0-1)
Marshall vs Burn, 1900 (1-0)
Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886 (0-1)

DEBUT: Meyer vs Livanec, 1839 (1-0)
RECENT: J M Bellon Lopez vs Kiril D Georgiev, 2018 (1/2-1/2)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
D50 QGD: Modern [Black] by nakul1964

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
D50: Queen's Gambit Declined (2969)
D51: Queen's Gambit Declined (1982)
D63: Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (1034)
D55: Queen's Gambit Declined (924)
D52: Queen's Gambit Declined (687)
D58: Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst (564)
D61: Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack (505)
D60: Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (494)
D67: Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line (254)

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