Caissa Codex
D67

Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Alekhine Variation

Chess diagram: Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Alekhine Variation after 11. Ne4

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Statistics from Lichess

1,107 games: White 51.5% / Draw 9.8% / Black 38.7%

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Rated Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500, from the Lichess opening explorer, updated Oct 29, 2026

Engine evaluation

+0.15 The position is about equal

Best play: 11... b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qa4 c5 14. Bb5 N5f6 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. dxc5

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

Overview

Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Alekhine Variation (ECO D67, Closed & Semi-Closed Games) is a declined gambit in the Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 (11 moves).

In 1,107 rated Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500, White won 51.5%, Black 38.7% and 9.8% were drawn. Black's most played move here is 11…N7f6, in 21% of those games.

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How to play against the Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Alekhine Variation

11…e5 scores best for Black: 50.3%, with Black winning 45.6% and White 45.0% of 160 games. The most played, 11…N7f6, scores 41.7% in 235 games, and 11…Qb4+ scores lowest: 31.0%. Stockfish's first choice is 11…b6.

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 11. Ne4, the position after Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line also goes on to:

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Caissa Codex. “Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Alekhine Variation (D67)”. Lichess data as of 29 Oct 2026. https://chesscodex.org/openings/queens-gambit-declined-orthodox-defense-alekhine-variation

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