As Black

Queen's Gambit Declined · Advanced

The most classical defence against 1.d4: Black holds the d5 pawn with ...e6 and develops solidly.

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Lines

1. Exchange Variation, Positional Variation · 7...Re8 8.Qc2

   1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Re8 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh4 c5 10.dxc5 d4 11.exd4 Qxd4

2. Closed · 6...dxc4 7.Qc2

   1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 b5 8.a4 Bb7 9.axb5 a6 10.bxa6 Nxa6 11.Qxc4 Bd5 12.Qc3 c5

3. Anti-Tartakower Variation

   1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.cxd5 exd5

4. Closed · 6...dxc4 7.Ne5

   1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Bxc6 Rb8

5. Neo-Orthodox Variation, Main Line · 6...h6 7.Bh4

   1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Nd2 f5 11.Be2 a5

6. Three Knights Variation

   1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.O-O cxd4

7. Exchange Variation, Positional Variation · 5...Be7 6.Qc2

   1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 O-O 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 Re8

8. Neo-Orthodox Variation, Main Line · 4...Be7 5.Bg5

   1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7

9. Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation

   1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Re8 8.Nge2 c6

10. Harrwitz Attack

    1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bb7