Tree path 5 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense › Main Line › Alekhine Variation
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense D07
- Main Line D07
- Alekhine Variation D07 you are here
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Main Line, Alekhine Variation
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Main Line, Alekhine Variation is a gambit, classified under ECO code D07 within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.
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 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Qa4, after 7 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Main Line, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- D07
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 7
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