Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Main Line

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.cxd5 Nxc3 10.bxc3

ECO D57

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Main Line is a chess opening line in the Queen's Gambit Declined complex, reached after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.cxd5 Nxc3 10.bxc3.

It is catalogued under code D57 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move bxc3 is chosen by White on move 10.

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