Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation

ECO: D50Closed Games1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5

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About the Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined, catalogued under ECO code D50 in the Closed Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.

It arises after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5, with White playing the move that gives the line its name.

The Queen's Gambit Declined has 198 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.

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