Why 3. Qd7??

I found this move has been played twice by really strong players, Why not take the queen?

https://www.365chess.com/opening.php?m=7&n=104800&ms=e4.c5.Nf3.d6.Bb5.Qd7

I assume you mean the opening explorer? That was not played seriously by strong players

 365chess is great, BUT any big free database is going to contain errors.  And this is an error.  No one above beginner strength would play this. 

Agree with ArtNJ. It's got to be bad data entry. 

I assume Van Wely and Gelfland actually played 3...Bd7.

There are multiple examples in databases of people playing 6. Re1 b5 7. b3!? in the Closed Ruy Lopez.

Not even Magnus would play this.

QD7!! Exchanges the horrible queen for a magnificent white squared bishop.. I agree with the people that said that this is an error.

What!!!!! Qd7 is the best!

I have always played 3...Qd7 here.

What do you guys play?

There's this thing called sarcasm. It's tough to explain. Sometimes people say contradictory things to what is clearly true to everyone else because the absurdity of their claim makes others laugh a bit. 

3...Qd7 stops the check AND attacks the bishop, so it's a dual-duty move. The bishop sees the big queen bully, screams and runs back to f1 in fear.

@banana-head

Perhaps the player holding the Black pieces wants to hone his/her playing skills by playing a handicap game. You can generally view it as a blunder in ordinary chess scenarios, but there may be other reasons in favour of doing so. For example, in my local chess club against fellow players. sometimes I do random sacrifices to give my opponents a fighting spirit in the demolition of my game, whilst I manage the position as hard as I can being material down.

I still don’t get it ..?

I checked two of the (complete) games, and it does NOT seem to be a bad data entry. A couple of 2600 players really did play Qd7.

But both were Blitz games.

Yeah but 2600s are meant to be good at chess, i seriously dont understand

It is quite likely that the player holding the 2600 rating was actually blitzing out the move or had made a premove (and it was too late to reverse the move).

It's impossible, even in bullet.

The only reasonable explanation is a database error, as it was pointed out 5 years ago.

Not possible to play that.