Tree path 10 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: Two Knights Variation › Tarrasch Defense: Rubinstein System › Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation › Main Line
D34

Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation, Main Line

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Overview

Chess diagram: Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation, Main Line after 7…Be7
After 7…Be7

Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation, Main Line (ECO D34) is a variation of Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 — 7 moves.

In 135,004 rated Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500, White won 47.6%, Black 43.5% and 8.9% were drawn. White's most played move here is 8. O-O, in 89% of those games.

It continues into one named variation, Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation. In all, 10 named lines continue from it.

ECO code
D34
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Length
7 moves
Parent
Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation
Direct variations
1
Total in subtree
10

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Statistics from Lichess

135,004 games · White 47.6% / Draw 8.9% / Black 43.5%

MovesGamesW / D / B
O-O119,834
dxc58,858
Bg53,829
Bf4636
e3474
Be3305
a3283
h3240

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:59:55

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Variations (1)

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