Tree path 3 levels Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation › Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights, Vienna Variation › Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation, Quiet Variation
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Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation, Quiet Variation
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation, Quiet Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D37, 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.
The line arises from 9 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3.
The line refines Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights, Vienna Variation, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation.
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- ECO code
- D37
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 9
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Statistics from Lichess
409,050 games · White 52.4% / Draw 5.7% / Black 41.8%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bb4 | 102,982 | |
| a6 | 87,542 | |
| Be7 | 66,153 | |
| c5 | 61,919 | |
| Nc6 | 22,757 | |
| c6 | 17,364 | |
| Bd6 | 12,552 | |
| b6 | 10,820 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:09:05
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