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Tree path 11 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Queen's Gambit Accepted › Normal Variation › Queen's Gambit Accepted › Normal Variation › Traditional System › Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense › Normal Line › Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Main Line › Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Rubinstein Variation
  1. Chess Codex
  2. Queen's Pawn Game D00
  3. Queen's Gambit D06
  4. Queen's Gambit Accepted D20
  5. Normal Variation D21
  6. Queen's Gambit Accepted D23
  7. Normal Variation D25
  8. Traditional System D26
  9. Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense D26
  10. Normal Line D26
  11. Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Main Line D27
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D27

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Rubinstein Variation

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Overview

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Rubinstein Variation is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO D27 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 begins with 13 plies and takes 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 to reach the canonical position.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Main Line, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.

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ECO code
D27
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
13
Parent
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Main Line

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