Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D53, 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 10 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Ne4.
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- ECO code
- D53
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 10
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Statistics from Lichess
60,686 games · White 53.1% / Draw 5.8% / Black 41.0%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bxe7 | 49,328 | |
| Nxe4 | 7,090 | |
| Bf4 | 3,550 | |
| Nf3 | 331 | |
| h4 | 128 | |
| cxd5 | 105 | |
| Bd3 | 60 | |
| Bh4 | 19 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:21:48
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