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Tree path 8 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Queen's Gambit Declined › Queen's Knight Variation › Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense › Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation › Queen's Gambit Declined › Lasker Defense, Bernstein Variation, Mar del Plata Gambit
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  2. Queen's Pawn Game D00
  3. Queen's Gambit D06
  4. Queen's Gambit Declined D30
  5. Queen's Knight Variation D31
  6. Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense D35
  7. Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation D50
  8. Queen's Gambit Declined D53
  9. Lasker Defense, Bernstein Variation, Mar del Plata Gambit D57 you are here
D57

Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Bernstein Variation, Mar del Plata Gambit

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Overview

Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Bernstein Variation, Mar del Plata Gambit is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO D57 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 begins with 24 plies and takes 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. c4 Be6 to reach the canonical position.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from Queen's Gambit Declined, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.

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ECO code
D57
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
24
Parent
Queen's Gambit Declined

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