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Tree path 6 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, Main Line › Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack
  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
  6. Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line D63
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D64

Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack

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Overview

Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO D64 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.

The line arises from 15 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2.

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, Rubinstein Attack.

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ECO code
D64
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
15
Parent
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line
Direct 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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