Tree path 3 levels Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation › Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation, Main Line › Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Teichmann Variation
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- Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation D37
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Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Teichmann Variation
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Teichmann Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D56, 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 17 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2.
The line refines Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation, Main Line, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation.
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- ECO code
- D56
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 17
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Statistics from Lichess
13,803 games · White 48.0% / Draw 11.6% / Black 40.5%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nxc3 | 10,801 | |
| f5 | 1,394 | |
| c6 | 903 | |
| Nf6 | 212 | |
| Qb4 | 94 | |
| c5 | 76 | |
| Nc6 | 72 | |
| Nd7 | 66 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 03:17:11
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