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Tree path 8 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, Primitive Pillsbury Variation
  1. Chess Codex
  2. Queen's Pawn Game D00
  3. Queen's Gambit D06
  4. Queen's Gambit Declined D30
  5. Queen's Knight Variation D31
  6. Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense D35
  7. Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation D50
  8. Queen's Gambit Declined: Been-Koomen Variation D50
  9. Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation, Primitive Pillsbury Variation D50 you are here
D50

Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation, Primitive Pillsbury Variation

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Overview

Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch Variation, Primitive Pillsbury Variation is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO D50 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.

Play reaches this position via 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Qxd4, after 11 plies of opening development.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from Queen's Gambit Declined: Been-Koomen Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.

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ECO code
D50
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
11
Parent
Queen's Gambit Declined: Been-Koomen Variation

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Related variations at the same level

Sister lines that share the same parent Queen's Gambit Declined: Been-Koomen Variation:

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