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Tree path 13 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, Spassky Variation
  1. Chess Codex
  2. Queen's Pawn Game D00
  3. Queen's Gambit D06
  4. Queen's Gambit Declined D30
  5. Queen's Knight Variation D31
  6. Tarrasch Defense D32
  7. Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense D32
  8. Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation D32
  9. Tarrasch Defense: Rubinstein System D33
  10. Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation D33
  11. Main Line D34
  12. Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation D34
  13. Carlsbad Variation D34
  14. Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Spassky Variation D34 you are here
D34

Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Spassky Variation

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Overview

Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Spassky 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.

The line arises from 22 plies — specifically the moves 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 Bg4.

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

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ECO code
D34
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
22
Parent
Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Carlsbad Variation

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