Tree path 5 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense › Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense › Tartakower Gambit
- Caissa Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense D07
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense D07
- Tartakower Gambit D07 you are here
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Tartakower Gambit
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Tartakower Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D07, Closed & Semi-Closed Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
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 6 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5.
The line refines Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- D07
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 6
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Statistics from Lichess
110,369 games · White 50.1% / Draw 4.8% / Black 45.1%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| cxd5 | 52,590 | |
| dxe5 | 27,181 | |
| e3 | 17,406 | |
| Nf3 | 7,654 | |
| Nxd5 | 4,179 | |
| e4 | 518 | |
| c5 | 199 | |
| Bf4 | 154 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:29:25
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