Tree path 12 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 › Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line › Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined D30
- Queen's Knight Variation D31
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense D35
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation D50
- Queen's Gambit Declined D53
- Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line D66
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Capablanca System D67
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line D67
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line D67
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation D68 you are here
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation is a gambit, classified under ECO code D68 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.
It is reached after 24 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 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5.
It is a variation of Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation.
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- ECO code
- D68
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 24
- Direct variations
- 1
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