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Tree path 5 levels Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation › Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Normal Line › Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense › Main Line › Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Henneberger Variation
  1. Chess Codex
  2. Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation D37
  3. Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Normal Line D55
  4. Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense D60
  5. Main Line D63
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D63

Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Henneberger Variation

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Overview

Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Henneberger Variation is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO D63 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 14 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 to reach the canonical position.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line, part of the broader Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation system.

It continues primarily into one named line, Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Swiss, Carlsbad Variation.

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ECO code
D63
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
14
Parent
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line
Direct variations
1

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Variations (1)

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Sister lines that share the same parent Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line:

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