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Tree path 10 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 › Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line › Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Capablanca System › Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line
  1. Chess Codex
  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. Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line D66
  10. Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Capablanca System D67
  11. Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line D67 you are here
D67

Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line

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Overview

Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D67, Closed & Semi-Closed Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.

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 20 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7.

The line refines Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Capablanca System, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

The line splits into 2 documented sub-systems: Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Alekhine Variation, Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line.

In total, the branch covers 4 sub-variations across all depths.

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ECO code
D67
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
20
Parent
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Capablanca System
Direct variations
2
Total in subtree
4

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Variations (2)

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