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Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Pillsbury Variation

ECO D40 · 557 games · Black to move

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bg5
49% White5% Draw46% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Be720336.4%
cxd414325.7%
Nc6407.2%

A further 171 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: Three Knights Variation 4. Nc3Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense 4... c5Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Pillsbury Variation 5. Bg5

Other lines in this family

Three Knights VariationD37… 4... Be7 5. e3 O-O1,224Normal DefenseD35…43,895Modern VariationD50… 4. Bg513,665Queen's Gambit DeclinedD53… 4. Bg5 Be78,807Queen's Gambit DeclinedD53… 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf35,618Harrwitz AttackD35… 4. Bf42,460Modern Variation, Knight DefenseD51… 4. Bg5 Nbd7958Modern Variation, Knight DefenseD51… 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6543Modern Variation, Knight DefenseD51… 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3475Modern Variation, Heral VariationD53… 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6469

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.