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Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation

ECO D35 · 6,830 games · Black to move

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5
51% White7% Draw42% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Be73,18746.7%
c62,21632.4%Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation D35
Bb44716.9%
Nbd73475.1%
Be62103.1%
c5390.6%
h6300.4%
Bf5150.2%

A further 315 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

Queen's Pawn Game 1. d4Indian Defense 1... Nf6Indian Defense: Normal Variation 2. c4Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense 3... Nf6Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation 4. cxd5Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation 5. Bg5

Other lines in this family

Exchange Variation, Positional VariationD35… 5... c62,294Exchange Variation, Reshevsky VariationD36… 5... c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3338Exchange Variation, Reshevsky VariationD36… 5... c6 6. Qc2298Exchange VariationD35…9,532Three Knights VariationD37… 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc323,935Ragozin DefenseD38… 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb45,791Modern Variation, Normal LineD55… 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e34,015Semi-Tarrasch DefenseD40… 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c52,587Traditional VariationD30… 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg52,498Harrwitz AttackD37… 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf42,293

All 78 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.