D34 · Closed · a defense for Black
Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Petursson Variation
20/20
1.d4d52.c4e63.Nc3c54.cxd5exd55.Nf3Nc66.g3Nf67.Bg2Be78.O-OO-O9.Bg5cxd410.Nxd4Re8
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Petursson Variation1.3k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
37%48060%
30%38458%
9.1%11740%
4.4%5749%
4.3%5551%
3%3949%
2.6%3364%
2.2%2948%
2.2%2857%
2.1%2761%
Famous games in this line127 master games
Gelfand, Boris (2733) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2779)Vaganian, Rafael A (2625) – Petursson, Margeir (2550)Polugaevsky, Lev (2600) – Petursson, Margeir (2550)Polugaevsky, Lev (2615) – Chandler, Murray G (2515)Dlugy, Maxim (2545) – Petursson, Margeir (2520)Mikhalchishin, Adrian (2505) – Petursson, Margeir (2535)Ribli, Zoltan (2615) – Handoko, Edhi (2420)Spassky, Boris V (2590) – Xu, Jun (2440)Heroes of this opening Vaganian, Rafael A · Ribli, Zoltan · Spassky, Boris V
- Family
- Tarrasch Defense
- Category
- Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D34
- Line
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8
Classical
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