Chess openings / Queen's Gambit Declined
Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation
Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation (D37) starts 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3. In 45,177 games between strong players, White wins 37%, 32% are drawn and Black wins 31%; the most played move is 4…Bb4 (32%).
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3
- ECO
- D37
- Games between strong players
- 45,177
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4…Bb4 | 32% (14,423) | Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense | |
| 4…Be7 | 21% (9,634) | – | |
| 4…c6 | 17% (7,578) | Semi-Slav Defense | |
| 4…c5 | 9% (3,825) | Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense | |
| 4…dxc4 | 8% (3,433) | Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights, Vienna Variation | |
| 4…Nbd7 | 8% (3,379) | Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Variation |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense 15,058 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: Modern Variation, Normal Line 3,212 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation, Main Line 2,266 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Anti-Tartakower Variation, Petrosian Variation 144 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Miles Variation 104 games
More Queen's Gambit Declined lines
- Queen's Gambit Declined 53,669 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation 34,675 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense 28,498 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: Modern Variation 5,408 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense, Alekhine Variation 3,314 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation 2,701 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Janowski Variation 2,299 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit 2,279 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense 2,076 games
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense, Pseudo-Tarrasch 1,997 games
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