Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Sämisch Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4

ECO D35

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Sämisch 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 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4.

It is catalogued under code D35 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Bf4 is chosen by White on move 6.

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