Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav, Junge Variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Bd2 Qb6

ECO D31

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav, Junge Variation is a chess opening line in the Queen's Gambit Declined complex, reached after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.e3 b5 7.Bd2 Qb6.

It is catalogued under code D31 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Qb6 is chosen by Black on move 7.

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