Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5

ECO D32

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense is a chess opening line in the Queen's Gambit Declined complex, reached after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5.

It is catalogued under code D32 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move exd5 is chosen by Black on move 4.

3 named continuations branch from this position, including the Pseudo-Tarrasch and the Pseudo-Tarrasch Bishop Attack.

Named variations

• Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense, Pseudo-Tarrasch — ECO D30
• Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense, Pseudo-Tarrasch Bishop Attack — ECO D30
• Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense, Stoltz Variation — ECO D34

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