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Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense

ECO D51 · 475 games · Black to move

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3
48% White7% Draw45% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
c623749.9%Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense D51
Be712225.7%
Bb4326.7%
h6214.4%

A further 63 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

Queen's Pawn Game 1. d4Queen's Pawn Game 1... d5Queen's Gambit 2. c4Queen's Gambit Declined 2... e6Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation 3. Nc3Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense 3... Nf6Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation 4. Bg5Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense 4... Nbd7Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense 5. e3

Other lines in this family

Modern Variation, Knight DefenseD51… 5... c6543Cambridge Springs Defense, Capablanca VariationD52… 5... c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Bxf695Modern Variation, Knight DefenseD51…958Modern VariationD50…13,665Queen's Gambit DeclinedD53… 4... Be78,807Queen's Gambit DeclinedD53… 4... Be7 5. Nf35,618Modern Variation, Heral VariationD53… 4... Be7 5. Bxf6469Been-Koomen VariationD50… 4... c5287Pseudo-Tarrasch VariationD50… 4... c5 5. cxd586Normal DefenseD35…43,895

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.