Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5

ECO D06

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense is a chess opening line in the Queen's Gambit Declined complex, reached after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5.

It is catalogued under code D06 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Bf5 is chosen by Black on move 2.

5 named continuations branch from this position, including the Pseudo-Slav and the Argentinian Gambit.

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. The Queen's Gambit Declined is a chess opening that begins 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6. Read the complete Queen's Gambit Declined guide: what it is, how to reach it, its main variations, how to play against it, and its history.

Named variations

• Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Slav — ECO D02
• Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Argentinian Gambit — ECO D06
• Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Chigorin — ECO D06
• Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen Attack — ECO D06
• Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen Attack Deferred — ECO D06

More ECO D06 openings

• Queen's Gambit — 1.d4

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