Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Bb4+

ECO D30

The Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna 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.Bg5 Bb4+.

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

The defining move Bb4+ is chosen by Black on move 4.

One named continuation branches from this position: the Quiet Variation.

Named variations

• Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation, Quiet Variation — ECO D37

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