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Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation, Flohr Line
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation, Flohr Line belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D62, 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.
The line arises from 15 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5.
The line refines Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation.
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- ECO code
- D62
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 15
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Statistics from Lichess
8,338 games · White 49.4% / Draw 7.8% / Black 42.8%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nxd5 | 4,351 | |
| exd5 | 2,866 | |
| cxd4 | 1,114 | |
| e5 | 3 | |
| h6 | 2 | |
| c4 | 1 | |
| b6 | 1 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 03:07:41
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