Tree path 4 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Zukertort Variation › Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation › Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rauzer Variation
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- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Zukertort Variation D02
- Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation D02
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Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rauzer Variation
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rauzer Variation is a gambit, classified under ECO code D60 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 begins with 13 plies and takes 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qb3 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- D60
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 13
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