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Openings / D37

Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7

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Evaluation
+0.34 (White's view)
White to move, best
c1f4
Main line
c1f4 e8g8 e2e3 c7c5 d4c5
Depth
24, Stockfish 17
FEN
rnbqk2r/ppp1bppp/4pn2/3p4/2PP4/2N2N2/PP2PPPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 4 5

The modern main line of the QGD. 5.Bf4 (Harrwitz) keeps the bishop outside the pawn chain; Black equalises with ...c5 and ...Nc6 or the ...b6 setups.

Get this from the API

curl -s https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STOCKFISH_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"fen":"rnbqk2r/ppp1bppp/4pn2/3p4/2PP4/2N2N2/PP2PPPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 4 5","depth":24,"multipv":3}'
const res = await fetch("https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.STOCKFISH_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "fen": "rnbqk2r/ppp1bppp/4pn2/3p4/2PP4/2N2N2/PP2PPPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 4 5",
    "depth": 24,
    "multipv": 3
  }),
});
const data = await res.json();
import os, requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['STOCKFISH_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "fen": "rnbqk2r/ppp1bppp/4pn2/3p4/2PP4/2N2N2/PP2PPPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 4 5",
        "depth": 24,
        "multipv": 3
    },
)
data = r.json()

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