Queen's Gambit Accepted: Rosenthal Variation
ECO: D21Closed Games1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6
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About the Queen's Gambit Accepted: Rosenthal Variation
The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Rosenthal 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 e6, with Black 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.
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: Normal VariationD21 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3
- 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 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: 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