600Your bandB at 600
At 600, the Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation scores 53.0% for White across 1,607 games. That is close to the average at this level.
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Queen's Gambit DeclinedThree Knights Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3
A line for White. Every figure below is computed separately for each rating band, and every one carries its own sample size.
- Win rate, White
- 53.0%52.2%51.4%51.0%
- Band 600, n = 1,607Band 1000, n = 17,238Band 1400, n = 24,909Band 1800, n = 94,551
- Blunder rate
- pendingpendingpending25.0%
- Band median 44.6%Band median 42.9%Band median 40.0%Band median 36.4%
- Tier
- BBBA
- White, band 600White, band 1000White, band 1400White, band 1800
- Share of games
- 0.0%0.1%0.2%0.5%
- Of band 600 gamesOf band 1000 gamesOf band 1400 gamesOf band 1800 games
| Band | White | Draw | Black | Blunder | Book exit | Games | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600 | 53.0% | 3.2% | 43.8% | - | - | 1,607 | B |
| 1000 | 52.2% | 3.5% | 44.3% | - | - | 17,238 | B |
| 1400 | 51.4% | 3.9% | 44.7% | - | - | 24,909 | B |
| 1800 | 51.0% | 5.0% | 44.0% | 25.0% | ply 7.0 | 94,551 | A |
Results by band
What it actually does, band by band.
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1000Your bandB at 1000
At 1000, the Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation scores 52.2% for White across 17,238 games. That is close to the average at this level.
1400Your bandB at 1400
At 1400, the Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation scores 51.4% for White across 24,909 games. That is close to the average at this level.
1800Your bandA at 1800Blunder rate 25.0%, band median 36.4%
At 1800, the Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation scores 51.0% for White across 94,551 games. That is comfortably above average at this level. Games in this line leave known theory around move 4 on average, and 25.0% include an early material blunder (8 games at 1800).
Questions
Common questions about this page.
At 600, the Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation scores 53.0% for White across 1,607 games. That is close to the average at this level.
At 1000, the Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation scores 52.2% for White across 17,238 games. That is close to the average at this level.
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation (D37) is a line for White. The main line runs 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3.