D30

Queen's Gambit Declined: Capablanca Variation

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Overview

Queen's Gambit Declined: Capablanca Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D30, 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 11 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. e3.

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ECO code
D30
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
11

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