Queen's Gambit Accepted: Godes Variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nd7

ECO D21

The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Godes Variation is a chess opening line in the Queen's Gambit Accepted complex, reached after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nd7.

It is catalogued under code D21 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Nd7 is chosen by Black on move 3.

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