Tarrasch Defense: Tarrasch Gambit

ECO: D32Closed Games1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.dxc5 d4 6.Na4 b5

no master games reached this exact line · estimated data

How it's played

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Start
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About the Tarrasch Defense: Tarrasch Gambit

The Tarrasch Defense: Tarrasch 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.dxc5 d4 6.Na4 b5, 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.

Other lines of the Tarrasch Defense