Tree path 7 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Queen's Gambit Accepted › Normal Variation › Queen's Gambit Accepted › Showalter Variation › Queen's Gambit Accepted: Bogoljubow Defense
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Accepted D20
- Normal Variation D21
- Queen's Gambit Accepted D23
- Showalter Variation D24
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Bogoljubow Defense D24 you are here
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Bogoljubow Defense
Overview
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Bogoljubow Defense belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D24, Closed & Semi-Closed Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
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 9 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4.
The line refines Queen's Gambit Accepted: Showalter Variation, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- D24
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 9
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