Tarrasch Defense: Marshall Gambit
ECO: D32Closed Games1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e4
no master games reached this exact line · estimated data
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About the Tarrasch Defense: Marshall Gambit
The Tarrasch Defense: Marshall Gambit is a line of the Tarrasch Defense, catalogued under ECO code D32 in the Closed Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e4, with White playing the move that gives the line its name.
The Tarrasch Defense has 27 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
Other lines of the Tarrasch Defense
- Tarrasch Defense: Schara GambitD32 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4
- Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights VariationD32 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3
- Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical VariationD32 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6
- Tarrasch Defense: Rubinstein SystemD33 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3
- Tarrasch Defense: Prague VariationD33 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6
- Tarrasch Defense: Swedish VariationD33 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4
- Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical VariationD32 · 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 exd5
- Tarrasch Defense: Tarrasch GambitD32 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.dxc5 d4 6.Na4 b5