Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation, Main Line
ECO: D34Closed Games1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7
no master games reached this exact line · estimated data
How it's played
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About the Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation, Main Line
The Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation, Main Line is a line of the Tarrasch Defense, catalogued under ECO code D34 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.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7, with Black 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.
Where the line goes next
Other lines of the Tarrasch Defense
- Tarrasch Defense: Schara GambitD32 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4
- Tarrasch Defense: Marshall GambitD32 · 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e4
- 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