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
D33

Tarrasch Defense: Wagner Variation

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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
Parent
Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation

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