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Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation

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Overview

Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D02.

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. Nf3 Nc6, after 4 plies of opening development.

It is a variation of Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
D02
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
4
Parent
Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation

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