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Tree path 9 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
  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 you are here
D33

Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation

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Overview

Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D33.

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 12 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6.

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

It branches into 3 notable variations — Tarrasch Defense: Dubov Tarrasch, Main Line, Tarrasch Defense: Wagner Variation.

Together the deeper variations number 13 across the full subtree.

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ECO code
D33
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
12
Parent
Tarrasch Defense: Rubinstein System
Direct variations
3
Total in subtree
13

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Variations (3)

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Sister lines that share the same parent Tarrasch Defense: Rubinstein System:

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