Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c5 5.cxd5

ECO D50

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch 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 c5 5.cxd5.

It is catalogued under code D50 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move cxd5 is chosen by White on move 5.

2 named continuations branch from this position, including the Canal Variation and the Primitive Pillsbury Variation.

Named variations

• Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation, Canal Variation — ECO D50
• Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation, Primitive Pillsbury Variation — ECO D50

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