Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D54, 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.
It is reached after 11 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1.
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- ECO code
- D54
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 11
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Statistics from Lichess
32,803 games · White 52.1% / Draw 6.2% / Black 41.7%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| c6 | 7,944 | |
| h6 | 6,689 | |
| b6 | 5,092 | |
| Nbd7 | 4,996 | |
| a6 | 2,904 | |
| c5 | 2,320 | |
| dxc4 | 923 | |
| Ne4 | 840 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:33:02
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