Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D41, 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6, after 10 plies of opening development.
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- ECO code
- D41
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 10
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Statistics from Lichess
36,680 games · White 51.8% / Draw 6.2% / Black 42.1%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bg2 | 20,308 | |
| cxd5 | 10,326 | |
| e3 | 2,995 | |
| dxc5 | 1,691 | |
| Bg5 | 854 | |
| b3 | 113 | |
| Be3 | 96 | |
| Bf4 | 93 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:21:26
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