Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense
ECO D06 · 29,295 games · White to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
| Nc3 | 15,250 | 52.1% | | |
| cxd5 | 7,411 | 25.3% | | |
| Nf3 | 3,153 | 10.8% | | |
| e3 | 2,060 | 7.0% | | |
| Bg5 | 427 | 1.5% | | |
| c5 | 283 | 1.0% | | |
| g3 | 275 | 0.9% | | |
| Bf4 | 250 | 0.9% | | |
| a3 | 40 | 0.1% | | |
| f3 | 16 | 0.1% | | |
| h3 | 14 | 0.0% | | |
A further 116 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
Other lines in this family
Marshall Defense, Tan GambitD06… 3. cxd5 c6260Queen's Gambit DeclinedD30… 2... e674,806Queen's Knight VariationD31… 2... e6 3. Nc346,767Normal DefenseD35… 2... e6 3. Nc3 Nf643,895Modern VariationD50… 2... e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg513,665Queen's Gambit DeclinedD53… 2... e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be78,807Albin CountergambitD08… 2... e57,507Baltic DefenseD06… 2... Bf56,205Queen's Gambit DeclinedD53… 2... e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf35,618Chigorin DefenseD07… 2... Nc65,122
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.