Tree path 12 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 › Réti Variation

D34

Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Réti Variation

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Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Réti Variation is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as 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 is reached after 19 plies of play, with the move sequence 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. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4.

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

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ECO code: D34
Group: Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies: 19
Parent: Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation

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