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

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Black to move
11,202 games · 1847-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

4...Be7

6,875

40.5%

40%

19.5%

4...Nbd7

3,055

44.6%

29.3%

26%

4...c6

718

41.5%

34.3%

24.2%

4...c5

320

39.4%

33.4%

27.2%

4...Bb4

265

49.8%

29.8%

20.4%

4...dxc4

135

37%

37.8%

25.2%

4...h6

16

31.2%

18.8%

50%

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 (3017)
D51: Queen's Gambit Declined (2010)
D63: Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (1049)
D55: Queen's Gambit Declined (940)
D52: Queen's Gambit Declined (702)
D58: Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst (576)
D61: Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack (509)
D60: Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (504)
D67: Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line (257)

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