Queen's Gambit Declined: Spielmann Variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c6 5.Nbd2 g6

ECO D30

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Spielmann Variation is a chess opening line in the Queen's Gambit Declined complex, reached after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c6 5.Nbd2 g6.

It is catalogued under code D30 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move g6 is chosen by Black on move 5.

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