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

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Black to move
11,112 games · 1847-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

4...Be7

6,820

40.5%

40%

19.5%

4...Nbd7

3,029

44.7%

29.3%

25.9%

4...c6

713

41.7%

34.4%

24%

4...c5

320

39.4%

33.4%

27.2%

4...Bb4

261

49.4%

30.3%

20.3%

4...dxc4

134

37.3%

37.3%

25.4%

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 (2987)
D51: Queen's Gambit Declined (1992)
D63: Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (1040)
D55: Queen's Gambit Declined (934)
D52: Queen's Gambit Declined (697)
D58: Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst (570)
D61: Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack (507)
D60: Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense (498)
D67: Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line (256)

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