Chess openings / Queen's Gambit Declined
Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation
Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation (D31) starts 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3. In 34,675 games between strong players, White wins 44%, 19% are drawn and Black wins 37%; the most played move is 3…Nf6 (55%).
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3
- ECO
- D31
- Games between strong players
- 34,675
- To move
- Black
White wins, draws and Black wins, from this position.
What strong players play next
The moves played most from this position in over-the-board broadcasts and the Lichess Elite Database, how often, and how the games ended.
| Move | Played | Results | Leads to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3…Nf6 | 55% (19,127) | Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense | |
| 3…c6 | 12% (4,084) | Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order | |
| 3…c5 | 10% (3,432) | Tarrasch Defense | |
| 3…Be7 | 8% (2,695) | Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation | |
| 3…a6 | 7% (2,237) | Queen's Gambit Declined: Janowski Variation | |
| 3…Bb4 | 4% (1,322) | – |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from Queen's Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense 28,498 games
- Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order 4,748 games
- Tarrasch Defense 3,434 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation 2,701 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Janowski Variation 2,299 games
Top players' games in the Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation, reviewed
More Queen's Gambit Declined lines
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation 45,177 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation 16,625 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation 15,099 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense 15,058 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation 5,408 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack 5,157 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense 3,935 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights, Vienna Variation 3,645 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Variation 3,448 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense, Alekhine Variation 3,314 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Normal Line 3,212 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit 2,279 games
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