Tree path 6 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Queen's Gambit Declined › Queen's Knight Variation › Tarrasch Defense › Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense
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- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined D30
- Queen's Knight Variation D31
- Tarrasch Defense D32
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Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense
Overview
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D32, 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 begins with 8 plies and takes 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 to reach the canonical position.
The line refines Tarrasch Defense, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
The line splits into 3 documented sub-systems: Tarrasch Defense: Marshall Gambit, Tarrasch Defense: Tarrasch Gambit, Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation.
Together the deeper variations number 21 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- D32
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 8
- Parent
- Tarrasch Defense
- Direct variations
- 3
- Total in subtree
- 21
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Statistics from Lichess
686,706 games · White 49.0% / Draw 6.2% / Black 44.8%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nf3 | 354,620 | |
| dxc5 | 209,260 | |
| e3 | 78,295 | |
| Bf4 | 15,509 | |
| g3 | 14,055 | |
| e4 | 9,908 | |
| Be3 | 961 | |
| f3 | 792 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:55:55
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Variations (3)
Show all 21 sub-variations (full subtree)
- D32 Tarrasch Defense: Marshall Gambit 9-ply
- D32 Tarrasch Defense: Tarrasch Gambit 12-ply
- D32 Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation 9-ply
- D32 Tarrasch Defense: Grünfeld Gambit 14-ply
- D33 Tarrasch Defense: Rubinstein System 11-ply
- D33 Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation 12-ply
- D33 Tarrasch Defense: Swedish Variation 12-ply
- D33 Tarrasch Defense: Dubov Tarrasch 16-ply
- D34 Main Line 14-ply
- D33 Central Break 13-ply
- D33 Tarrasch Defense: Wagner Variation 14-ply
- D34 Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation 16-ply
- D34 Carlsbad Variation 17-ply
- D34 Classical Tarrasch Gambit 18-ply
- D34 Réti Variation 19-ply
- D34 Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Advance Variation 18-ply
- D34 Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Endgame Variation 18-ply
- D34 Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Main Line 22-ply
- D34 Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Petursson Variation 20-ply
- D34 Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Spassky Variation 22-ply
- D34 Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Chandler Variation 24-ply