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Tree path 8 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
  1. Caissa Codex
  2. Queen's Pawn Game D00
  3. Queen's Gambit D06
  4. Queen's Gambit Declined D30
  5. Queen's Knight Variation D31
  6. Tarrasch Defense D32
  7. Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense D32
  8. Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation D32
  9. Tarrasch Defense: Rubinstein System D33 you are here
D33

Tarrasch Defense: Rubinstein System

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Overview

Tarrasch Defense: Rubinstein System is a named branch in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO D33.

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. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3, after 11 plies of opening development.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.

2 named variations grow from this line, including Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation, Tarrasch Defense: Swedish Variation.

In total, the branch covers 16 sub-variations across all depths.

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ECO code
D33
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
11
Parent
Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation
Direct variations
2
Total in subtree
16

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Statistics from Lichess

166,303 games · White 47.4% / Draw 8.9% / Black 43.7%

MovesGamesW / D / B
Nf6134,333
c411,076
cxd48,643
Be64,178
Bg43,252
h61,797
Bf5538
Be7498

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:32:17

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Variations (2)

Related variations at the same level

Sister lines that share the same parent Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation:

Show all 16 sub-variations (full subtree)

https://chesscodex.org/openings/tarrasch-defense-rubinstein-system