Queen's Gambit Declined

At the Queen's Gambit Declined is an opening of the chess game. The Queen's Gambit Declined is one of the closed-end games. It develops from the Queen's Gambit.

Each of its main variants begin with the trains

1 d2 -d4 d7 -d5 2 c2 - c4 e7 - e6

With this support, the Black initially obstructed an effective women's development of its rotor. Instead, he prepares the development of his kingside.

Main variants

With 3 Nb1 - c3 Ng8 - f6

The most prevalent is the continuation with 3 Nb1 - c3 and Ng8 - f6. It differentiates between the following variants:

• Improved Tarrasch Defense 4 Sg1 -f3 c7 - c5
• Vienna Variation 4 Sg1 -f3 e2- e4 d5xc4 5 Bf8 - b4 6 Lc1 - g5 - c5 c7
• Ragozin variant 4 Sg1 -f3 Bf8 - b4

• Cambridge Springs variant 4 Lc1 - g5 Sb8 - d7 5 e2 -e3 c7 - c6 6 Sg1 -f3 Qd8 - a5
• Westphalia variant 4 Lc1 - g5 Sb8 - d7 5 Sg1 -f3 Bf8 - b4
• Orthodox defense 4 Lc1 - g5 Bf8 - e7 5 e2 -e3 0-0 6 Sg1 -f3 d7 - Sb8
• Tartakower Defense 4 Lc1 - g5 Bf8 - e7 5 e2 -e3 0-0 6 Sg1 -f3 h6 h7 - 7 Bg5 - h4 b7 b6
• Lasker defense 4 Lc1 - g5 Bf8 - e7 5 e2 -e3 0-0 6 Sg1 -f3 h6 h7 - 7 Bg5 - h4 Nf6 -e4
• Moscow Variation 4 Lc1 - g5 h7 - h6

• Abtausch system 4 c4xd5 e6xd5

Other sequels

• Tarrasch Defense 3 Nb1 - c3 c7 - c5
• Semi- Slav Defence 3 Nb1 - c3 c7 - c6

The development of Lc1 after f4, sometimes called Blackburne variant was the move order 3 Nb1 - c3 - f6 Ng8 4 Sg1 -f3 Bf8 - e7 5 Lc1 - f4 popular. Due to the resulting lower indirect white pressure against d5 as the runner exerts g5, Black draws after 5 ... 0-0 6 e2 -e3 c7 - c5 worry.

Transpositions

Sometimes the Queen's Gambit Declined is only achieved by transpositions. For example, lead the headways

To typical positions of the Queen's Gambit Declined.

In contrast, the positions are according to

Counted on g2 to the Catalan Opening because of the formation of the white runner.