Tree path 6 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: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Kmoch Variation
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined D30
- Queen's Knight Variation D31
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense D35
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Kmoch Variation D41 you are here
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Kmoch Variation
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Kmoch Variation is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO D41 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 begins with 21 plies and takes 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bb5 to reach the canonical position.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
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- ECO code
- D41
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 21
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