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Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Attack, Salvio Countergambit

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Overview

Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Attack, Salvio Countergambit is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO D06 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.

Play reaches this position via 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. dxc5 d4, after 6 plies of opening development.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.

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ECO code
D06
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
6
Parent
Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense

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