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Queen's Gambit
Overview
Queen's Gambit is a gambit, classified under ECO code D06 within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.
The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.
The line arises from 3 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 d5 2. c4.
It is a direct variation of Queen's Pawn Game.
It is the root of 9 named variations, with Queen's Gambit Accepted, Queen's Gambit Declined, Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, and others among the most studied.
Across every depth of the tree this branch holds 291 documented sub-variations, reflecting decades of analytical work.
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- ECO code
- D06
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 3
- Parent
- Queen's Pawn Game
- Direct variations
- 9
- Total in subtree
- 291
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Variations (9)
- D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
- D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
- D08 Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit
- D06 Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense
- D06 Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense
- D07 Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense
- D06 Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense
- D06 Queen's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints Gambit
- D10 Slav Defense
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