Closed · a plan for White
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense
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1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3c54.cxd5exd5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense535k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
37%197k51%
13%71k51%
2.6%14k51%
2.2%12k50%
0.2%89050%
0.1%70344%
0.1%68250%
0.1%52840%
Famous games in this line3.6k master games
Vidit, S. (2722) – Carlsen, M. (2870)Carlsen, M. (2864) – Van Foreest, Jorden (2715)So, W. (2778) – Giri, A. (2777)Carlsen, M. (2847) – Artemiev, V. (2704)Nakamura, Hi (2794) – Firouzja, Alireza (2737)Abdusattorov, Nodirbek (2777) – So, W. (2747)Kramnik, V.. (2753) – Anand, V.. (2753)Maghsoodloo, Parham (2707) – Nakamura, Hi (2780)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, M. · So, W.
- Family
- Queen's Gambit
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D32
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5
Classical
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Go deeper — named lines from here
Tarrasch Defense: Marshall Gambit5.e4Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation5.Nf3 · 18 deeper linesTarrasch Defense: Rubinstein System5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 · 16 deeper linesTarrasch Defense: Tarrasch Gambit5.dxc5 d4 6.Na4 b5
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From the archives
The Queen's Gambit appears in the Göttingen manuscript, written around 1500. It anchored world-championship matches for decades — 32 of the 34 games of Capablanca–Alekhine 1927 were Queen's Gambit Declined — and in 2020 a Netflix series watched by 62 million households emptied the world's chess-set shelves. It isn't even a real gambit: Black cannot safely keep the pawn.
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