Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Slav

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6

ECO D02

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Slav is a chess opening line in the Queen's Gambit Declined complex, reached after 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6.

It is catalogued under code D02 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move c6 is chosen by Black on move 4.

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