Caissa Codex
D56

Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Teichmann Variation

Chess diagram: Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Teichmann Variation after 9. Qc2

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Statistics from Lichess

13,803 games: White 48.0% / Draw 11.6% / Black 40.5%

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Rated Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500, from the Lichess opening explorer, updated Nov 4, 2026

Engine evaluation

+0.05 The position is about equal

Best play: 9... Nxc3 10. Qxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Rc8 14. b4

Stockfish 19, depth 30, after the line's last move. Scores are in pawns, from White's side.

Overview

Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Teichmann Variation (ECO D56, Closed & Semi-Closed Games) is a declined gambit in the Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation, Main Line, reached after 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 (9 moves).

In 13,803 rated Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500, White won 48.0%, Black 40.5% and 11.6% were drawn. Black's most played move here is 9…Nxc3, in 78% of those games.

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How to play against the Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Teichmann Variation

9…c6 scores best for Black: 49.4%, with Black winning 42.6% and White 43.9% of 903 games. The most played, 9…Nxc3, scores 47.4% in 11K games, and 9…f5 scores lowest: 38.6%. Stockfish's first choice is 9…Nxc3.

Main answers: those played in at least 5% of these games. Score: Black's wins plus half the draws, in rated Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500. How to play against other popular openings

Other lines from the same position

Instead of 7…Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2, the position after Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation, Main Line also goes on to:

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Caissa Codex. “Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Teichmann Variation (D56)”. Lichess data as of 4 Nov 2026. https://chesscodex.org/openings/queens-gambit-declined-lasker-defense-teichmann-variation

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