Tree path 5 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Queen's Gambit Accepted › Saduleto Variation › Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, McDonnell Defense
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Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, McDonnell Defense
Overview
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, McDonnell Defense is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO D20 in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games group. The defining idea is the early concession of material to seize the initiative and unbalance the position.
The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.
It is reached after 6 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Queen's Gambit Accepted: Saduleto Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
It continues primarily into one named line, Somov Gambit.
Use the board to walk through every move, check how the position has scored on Lichess, or take it head-to-head against Stockfish.
- ECO code
- D20
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 6
- Direct variations
- 1
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