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ECO D59: Queen's Gambit Declined

ECO D59 is part of volume D — Closed & Semi-Closed Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 2 named lines under it. The shortest is Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Makogonov Exchange Variation: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5.

That position has come up in 100,069 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 42.7%, 9.0% were drawn and Black won 48.3%.

OpeningMovesPlies
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Makogonov Exchange Variation 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 16
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 22