Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation, Canal Variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c5 5.cxd5 Qb6

ECO D50

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation, Canal 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 Qb6.

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

The defining move Qb6 is chosen by Black on move 5.

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