Difference between revisions of "Queen's Gambit Declined"
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| − | The most popular way to decline the Queen's Gambit is the Ragozin Variation, which is similar to Nimzo-Indian Defense:<ref>https://simplifychess.com/queens-gambit-declined/index.html#what-is-the-queens-gambit-declined</ref> | + | The Orthodox Defense (or Orthodox Line) is:<ref>https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=D63</ref> |
| + | 1. d4 d5 | ||
| + | <br>2. c4 e6 | ||
| + | <br>3. Nc3 Nf6 | ||
| + | <br>4. Bg5 Be7 | ||
| + | <br>5. e3 O-O | ||
| + | <br>6. Nf3 Nbd7 | ||
| + | <br>7. Rc1 ... | ||
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| + | Similar to the Orthodox Defense, the most popular way to decline the Queen's Gambit is the Ragozin Variation, which is similar to Nimzo-Indian Defense:<ref>https://simplifychess.com/queens-gambit-declined/index.html#what-is-the-queens-gambit-declined</ref> | ||
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<br>4. Nf3 Bb4 | <br>4. Nf3 Bb4 | ||
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It can continue as the Vienna Variation: | It can continue as the Vienna Variation: | ||
Revision as of 02:53, December 25, 2020
Queen's Gambit Declined (or QGD) is a chess opening in which White offers a gambit of a pawn (the Queen's Gambit), but Black then declines to take the offered pawn in order to avoid giving up the center of the board:
1. d4 d5
2. c4 e6
The Orthodox Defense (or Orthodox Line) is:[1]
1. d4 d5
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bg5 Be7
5. e3 O-O
6. Nf3 Nbd7
7. Rc1 ...
Similar to the Orthodox Defense, the most popular way to decline the Queen's Gambit is the Ragozin Variation, which is similar to Nimzo-Indian Defense:[2]
1.d4 d5
2.c4 e6
3.Nc3 Nf6
4. Nf3 Bb4
It can continue as the Vienna Variation:
5. Bg5 dxc4
6. e4 ....
Other Defenses
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 – Albin Countergambit
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 – Chigorin Defense
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 – Baltic Defense
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 – Marshall Defense
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 – Slav Defense
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 and subsequently ... c6 – Semi-Slav Defense
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 – Austrian Defense (also known the Symmetrical Defense)