Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Exchange Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4

ECO D41

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Exchange Variation is a chess opening line in the Queen's Gambit Declined complex, reached after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4.

It is catalogued under code D41 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move e4 is chosen by White on move 6.

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