Caissa Codex
D67

Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line 10…Qxe7 11. O-O

Chess diagram: Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line after 11. O-O

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Statistics from Lichess

31,104 games: White 49.3% / Draw 8.8% / Black 41.9%

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Rated Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500, from the Lichess opening explorer, updated Oct 30, 2026

Engine evaluation

+0.20 The position is about equal

Best play: 11... b6 12. e4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bb7 14. Re1 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5

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, Main Line (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. O-O (11 moves).

In 31,104 rated Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500, White won 49.3%, Black 41.9% and 8.8% were drawn. Black's most played move here is 11…Nxc3, in 57% of those games.

It continues into one named variation, Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation. In all, 2 named lines continue from it.

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How to answer 11. O-O

The most played answer, 11…Nxc3, also scores best for Black: 48.4%, with Black winning 43.1% and White 46.3% of 18K games. Of the main answers, 11…N7b6 scores lowest: 42.7%. 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

Variations (1)

Other lines from the same position

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

All 2 named lines that continue from here

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Caissa Codex. “Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line (D67)”. Lichess data as of 30 Oct 2026. https://chesscodex.org/openings/queens-gambit-declined-orthodox-defense-main-line-3

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