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Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Chameleon Variation
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Chameleon Variation is a gambit, classified under ECO code D35 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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Nge2 Nf8 10. O-O-O, after 19 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.
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- ECO code
- D35
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 19
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