Tree path 4 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense › Queen Attack
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense D06
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Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen Attack
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen Attack belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D06, Closed & Semi-Closed Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.
The line arises from 5 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Qb3.
The line refines Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- D06
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 5
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Statistics from Lichess
116,054 games · White 58.1% / Draw 3.7% / Black 38.2%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| b6 | 31,889 | |
| dxc4 | 29,143 | |
| Bxb1 | 12,696 | |
| e6 | 11,233 | |
| Nc6 | 10,598 | |
| e5 | 5,967 | |
| Nf6 | 5,402 | |
| Qc8 | 2,948 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:14:21
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