Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Bernstein Variation
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Bernstein Variation is a gambit, classified under ECO code D57 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. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Qd6, after 22 plies of opening development.
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- ECO code
- D57
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 22
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