Queen's Gambit Declined: Pillsbury Attack
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Pillsbury Attack belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D55, 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Ne5, after 17 plies of opening development.
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- ECO code
- D55
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 17
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Statistics from Lichess
6,487 games · White 49.3% / Draw 6.7% / Black 44.0%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nbd7 | 3,852 | |
| h6 | 835 | |
| c5 | 793 | |
| Ne4 | 654 | |
| a6 | 128 | |
| Nfd7 | 54 | |
| Nc6 | 52 | |
| c6 | 49 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 03:17:08
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