Tree path 4 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Zukertort Variation › Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation › Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack
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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, Rubinstein Attack
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO D65 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 is reached after 17 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 a6 9. cxd5.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
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- ECO code
- D65
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 17
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