Queen's Gambit Declined: Anti-Tartakower Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6

ECO D55

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Anti-Tartakower Variation is a chess opening line in the Queen's Gambit Declined complex, reached after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6.

It is catalogued under code D55 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Bxf6 is chosen by White on move 7.

One named continuation branches from this position: the Petrosian Variation.

Named variations

• Queen's Gambit Declined: Anti-Tartakower Variation, Petrosian Variation — ECO D55

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