Tree path 7 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: Marshall Gambit
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined D30
- Queen's Knight Variation D31
- Tarrasch Defense D32
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense D32
- Tarrasch Defense: Marshall Gambit D32 you are here
Tarrasch Defense: Marshall Gambit
Overview
Tarrasch Defense: Marshall Gambit 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e4, after 9 plies of opening development.
The line refines Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- D32
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 9
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Statistics from Lichess
11,095 games · White 52.2% / Draw 4.8% / Black 43.0%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| dxe4 | 6,527 | |
| cxd4 | 2,519 | |
| Nf6 | 975 | |
| Nc6 | 463 | |
| Be6 | 404 | |
| c4 | 82 | |
| Ne7 | 35 | |
| Qa5 | 22 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:08:53
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