Tree path 10 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 › Tarrasch Defense: Dubov Tarrasch
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Tarrasch Defense: Dubov Tarrasch

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Overview

Tarrasch Defense: Dubov Tarrasch is a specific line in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family (ECO D33), arising from a recognised theoretical position.

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 16 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 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5.

The line refines Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
D33
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
16
Parent
Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation

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