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Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation

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Overview

Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation is a named branch in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO D00.

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 4 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.

It continues primarily into one named line, Rapport-Jobava System, with e6.

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ECO code
D00
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
4
Parent
Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation
Direct variations
1

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