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: Wagner Variation
- 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
- Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation D33
- Tarrasch Defense: Wagner Variation D33 you are here
Tarrasch Defense: Wagner Variation
Overview
Tarrasch Defense: Wagner Variation 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.
The line arises from 14 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bg4.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
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- ECO code
- D33
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 14
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