Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Normal Line

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO D26), reached after 11 half-moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O.

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About this opening

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, Normal Line is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code D26. ECO group D (D00–D99) covers closed games and semi-closed games beginning 1.d4 d5, covering the Queen's Gambit, Slav, Grünfeld and related queen-pawn structures. This particular variation is reached after 11 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O.

It belongs to the Queen's Gambit Accepted family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Classical Defense → Normal Line line). The immediate parent line is Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense, transitioned via 6.O-O.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 d5, 2.c4 dxc4, 3.Nf3 Nf6, 4.e3 e6, 5.Bxc4 c5, 6.O-O. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.