Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation
ECO: D50Closed Games1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c5 5.cxd5
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About the Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch 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 c5 5.cxd5, 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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Other lines of the Queen's Gambit Declined
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin CountergambitD08 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian DefenseD06 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic DefenseD06 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin DefenseD07 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall DefenseD06 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints GambitD06 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 b5
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen AttackD06 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Qb3
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin DefenseD07 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3