Queen's Gambit Declined

The main line

The Queen's Gambit Declined is reached by 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 (ECO D30). It's one of 171 named lines under this opening in the book.

Named variations (44)

The most common 30 of 44 named variations:

• Orthodox Defense — 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 (D60)
• Semi-Tarrasch Defense — 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 (D40)
• Albin Countergambit — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 (D08)
• Chigorin Defense — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 (D07)
• Exchange Variation — 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 (D35)
• Harrwitz Attack — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 (D35)
• Lasker Defense — 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Ne4 (D53)
• Cambridge Springs Defense — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 (D52)
• Baltic Defense — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 (D06)
• Modern Variation — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 (D50)
• Tarrasch Defense — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 (D30)
• Tartakower Defense — 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 (D58)
• Austrian Defense — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 (D06)
• Capablanca Variation — 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 (D30)
• Ragozin Defense — 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 (D38)
• Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 (D50)
• Neo-Orthodox Variation — 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 (D54)
• Semi-Slav — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 a5 (D31)
• Marshall Defense — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 (D06)
• Charousek Variation — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 (D31)
• Vienna Variation — 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ (D30)
• Anti-Tartakower Variation — 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 (D55)
• Zilbermints Gambit — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 b5 (D06)
• Queen's Knight Variation — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 (D31)
• Alapin Variation — 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 d5 (D31)
• Janowski Variation — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 (D31)
• Austrian Attack — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. dxc5 d4 (D06)
• Normal Defense — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 (D35)
• Traditional Variation — 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 (D30)
• Three Knights Variation — 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 (D37)

Analyze the Queen's Gambit Declined

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