Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Main Line
ECO D07 · 971 games · White to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
|---|
| cxd5 | 292 | 30.1% | | |
| e3 | 264 | 27.2% | | |
| Nc3 | 222 | 22.9% | | |
| Ne5 | 37 | 3.8% | | |
| Bf4 | 14 | 1.4% | | |
A further 142 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
Other lines in this family
Chigorin Defense, Lazard GambitD07… 3... e586Chigorin DefenseD07…5,122Chigorin DefenseD07… 3. Nc32,132Chigorin DefenseD07… 3. Nc3 dxc41,757Chigorin Defense, Exchange VariationD07… 3. cxd5 Qxd51,149Chigorin Defense, Janowski VariationD07… 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3859Chigorin Defense, Modern GambitD07… 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nf6161Chigorin Defense, Tartakower GambitD07… 3. Nc3 e5151Queen's Gambit DeclinedD30… 2... e674,806Queen's Knight VariationD31… 2... e6 3. Nc346,767
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Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.