Tree path 5 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Queen's Gambit Declined › Queen's Knight Variation › Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation
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Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO D31 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 e6 3. Nc3 Be7.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
6 distinct sub-variations branch from this opening; prominent examples include Miladinovic Gambit, Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Fianchetto Defense, Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, and others.
In total, the branch covers 8 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- D31
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 6
- Direct variations
- 6
- Total in subtree
- 8
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Variations (6)
- D31 Miladinovic Gambit
- D37 Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Fianchetto Defense
- D56 Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense
- D58 Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Exchange Variation
- D59 Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Makogonov Exchange Variation
- D53 Queen's Gambit Declined: Uhlmann Variation
Show all 8 sub-variations (full subtree)
- D31 Miladinovic Gambit 9-ply
- D37 Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Fianchetto Defense 12-ply
- D56 Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense 14-ply
- D58 Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Exchange Variation 16-ply
- D59 Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense, Makogonov Exchange Variation 16-ply
- D53 Queen's Gambit Declined: Uhlmann Variation 14-ply
- D57 Main Line 19-ply
- D59 Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense 22-ply