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Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen Attack

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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
Parent
Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense

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Statistics from Lichess

116,054 games · White 58.1% / Draw 3.7% / Black 38.2%

MovesGamesW / D / B
b631,889
dxc429,143
Bxb112,696
e611,233
Nc610,598
e55,967
Nf65,402
Qc82,948

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:14:21

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