Queen's Gambit Declined repertoire for Black
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Tuned for Lichess 1400-1600: 40 moves.
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[Event "Chessbook Queen's Gambit Declined repertoire (1400-1600)"] [Site "https://chessbook.com/courses/queens-gambit-declined"] [Annotator "Chessbook"] [Result "*"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 ( 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 ( 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 f6 ) ( 3. c3 Nc6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qb3 ( 5. Qc2 Bf5 ) 5... c4 ) ( 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 ) 3... Nc6 4. c3 ( 4. Nf3 Bg4 ) ( 4. Nc3 ) ) ( 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 ( 3. Bf4 ) ( 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 ) ( 3. dxc5 e6 ) 3... Nf6 ) ( 2. e3 c5 3. Nf3 ( 3. c3 Nc6 ) ( 3. dxc5 e6 ) ) ( 2. Nc3 c5 3. Bf4 ( 3. dxc5 Nf6 ) ) ( 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Bf5 ) 2... e6 3. Nc3 ( 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 ( 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 ) 4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf3 d4 ) ( 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 ( 4. Nf3 ) 4... Nf6 5. Nf3 ) ( 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 ) 3... c5 4. Nf3 ( 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 ) ( 4. e3 ) ( 4. dxc5 d4 ) *
About this repertoire
The Queen's Gambit Declined: a classical, solid answer to 1.d4.
Chessbook's Queen's Gambit Declined repertoire for Black, built from millions of games between players at your rating. It covers the moves your opponents actually play, to a 1-in-200 coverage target, and picks lines that score well and are easy to remember.
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