Tree path 9 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: Been-Koomen Variation › Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation › Canal Variation

D50

Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation, Canal Variation

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Overview

Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation, Canal Variation is a gambit, classified under ECO code D50 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.

The line arises from 10 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 Qb6.

It is a variation of Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

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ECO code: D50
Group: Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies: 10
Parent: Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation

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