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Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Shropshire Defense
Overview
Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, Shropshire Defense 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.
It begins with 4 plies and takes 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 h5 to reach the canonical position.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
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- ECO code
- D00
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 4
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