Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense

The book line for Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense is d4, Nf6, c4, e6, Nc3, d5, Bg5, Be7. This page collects the 8 named lines under that variation.

8 named lines · ECO D53, D56, D57 · 74 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense

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  1. d4
  2. Nf6
  3. c4
  4. e6
  5. Nc3
  6. d5
  7. Bg5
  8. Be7
  9. e3
  10. Ne4

Moves in the main line

  1. White pawn moves from d2 to d4.
  2. Black knight moves from g8 to f6.
  3. White pawn moves from c2 to c4.
  4. Black pawn moves from e7 to e6.
  5. White knight moves from b1 to c3.
  6. Black pawn moves from d7 to d5.
  7. White bishop moves from c1 to g5.
  8. Black bishop moves from f8 to e7.
  9. White pawn moves from e2 to e3.
  10. Black knight moves from f6 to e4.

Named lines

  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense (D53) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Ne4
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense (D56) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense (D56) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 h6 8. Bh4 Ne4
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Russian Variation (D56) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rfd1 Bd7
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Teichmann Variation (D56) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Bernstein Variation (D57) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Qd6
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Bernstein Variation, Mar del Plata Gambit (D57) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. c4 Be6
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Main Line (D57) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3

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