Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Defense, Rubinstein Variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 dxc4

ECO D52

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Defense, Rubinstein Variation is a chess opening line in the Queen's Gambit Declined complex, reached after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 dxc4.

It is catalogued under code D52 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move dxc4 is chosen by Black on move 7.

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