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: Tarrasch 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
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Tarrasch Defense: Tarrasch Gambit
Overview
Tarrasch Defense: Tarrasch 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.
The line arises from 12 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. dxc5 d4 6. Na4 b5.
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
- 12
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Statistics from Lichess
1,941 games · White 43.1% / Draw 6.2% / Black 50.7%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| cxb6 | 1,755 | |
| e3 | 107 | |
| Nf3 | 35 | |
| Qd3 | 9 | |
| Nc3 | 6 | |
| g3 | 6 | |
| b4 | 5 | |
| Bf4 | 4 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:42:00
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