Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Heral Variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxf6

ECO D53

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Heral Variation is a chess opening line in the Queen's Gambit Declined complex, reached after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxf6.

It is catalogued under code D53 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Bxf6 is chosen by White on move 5.

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