Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation
ECO: D21Closed Games1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3
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About the Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation
The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation is a line of the Queen's Gambit Accepted, catalogued under ECO code D21 in the Closed Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3, with White playing the move that gives the line its name.
The Queen's Gambit Accepted has 58 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
Where the line goes next
- Queen's Gambit AcceptedD23 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine DefenseD22 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Godes VariationD21 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nd7
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Gunsberg DefenseD21 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c5
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Rosenthal VariationD21 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Slav GambitD21 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 b5
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense, Borisenko-Furman VariationD21 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e4
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Mannheim VariationD23 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qa4+
Other lines of the Queen's Gambit Accepted
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Accelerated Mannheim VariationD20 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Qa4+
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old VariationD20 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Saduleto VariationD20 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Alekhine SystemD20 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Greco VariationD20 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 b5
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, McDonnell DefenseD20 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Modern DefenseD20 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, Rubinstein DefenseD20 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5