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Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation, Main Line

ECO D55 · 968 games · Black to move

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3

48% White8% Draw44% Black

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What gets played next

Move	Games	Share	White / draw / Black	Leads to
b6	357	36.9%		Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense D58
Nbd7	78	8.1%
Ne4	58	6.0%
c6	56	5.8%
c5	28	2.9%
dxc4	11	1.1%

A further 380 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

Queen's Pawn Game 1. d4 Indian Defense 1... Nf6 Indian Defense: Normal Variation 2. c4 Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian 3. Nf3 Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation 4. Nc3 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. Nf3Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation, Main Line 7. e3

Other lines in this family

Tartakower DefenseD58… 7... b6231 Modern Variation, Normal LineD55… 5... O-O 6. e34,015 Neo-Orthodox VariationD55… 5... O-O 6. e3 h61,028 Orthodox DefenseD60… 5... O-O 6. e3 Nbd7593 Orthodox Defense, Botvinnik VariationD60… 5... O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6168 Harrwitz AttackD37… 5. Bf42,293 Harrwitz Attack, Two Knights DefenseD37… 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7129 Three Knights VariationD37…23,935 Ragozin DefenseD38… 4... Bb45,791 Semi-Tarrasch DefenseD40… 4... c52,587

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.