Tree path 14 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Queen's Gambit Declined › Queen's Knight Variation › Tarrasch Defense › Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense › Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation › Tarrasch Defense: Rubinstein System › Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation › Main Line › Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation › Carlsbad Variation › Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Main Line › Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Chandler Variation
D34

Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Chandler Variation

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Overview

Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Chandler Variation is a named branch in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO D34.

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 24 plies and takes 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Be6 to reach the canonical position.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Main Line, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.

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ECO code
D34
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
24
Parent
Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Main Line

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