Tree path 8 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
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined D30
- Queen's Knight Variation D31
- Tarrasch Defense D32
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense D32
- Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation D32
- Tarrasch Defense: Rubinstein System D33 you are here
Tarrasch Defense: Rubinstein System
Overview
Tarrasch Defense: Rubinstein System is a named branch in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games group of chess theory, classified under 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3, after 11 plies of opening development.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
2 named variations grow from this line, including Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation, Tarrasch Defense: Swedish Variation.
In total, the branch covers 16 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- D33
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 11
- Direct variations
- 2
- Total in subtree
- 16
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Variations (2)
Show all 16 sub-variations (full subtree)
- D33 Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation 12-ply
- D33 Tarrasch Defense: Swedish Variation 12-ply
- D33 Tarrasch Defense: Dubov Tarrasch 16-ply
- D34 Main Line 14-ply
- D33 Central Break 13-ply
- D33 Tarrasch Defense: Wagner Variation 14-ply
- D34 Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation 16-ply
- D34 Carlsbad Variation 17-ply
- D34 Classical Tarrasch Gambit 18-ply
- D34 Réti Variation 19-ply
- D34 Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Advance Variation 18-ply
- D34 Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Endgame Variation 18-ply
- D34 Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Main Line 22-ply
- D34 Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Petursson Variation 20-ply
- D34 Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Spassky Variation 22-ply
- D34 Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Chandler Variation 24-ply