Queen's Gambit Declined: Anti-Tartakower Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO D55), reached after 13 half-moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6.

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- D55 Petrosian Variation

About this opening

Queen's Gambit Declined: Anti-Tartakower Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code D55. 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 13 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6.

It belongs to the Queen's Gambit Declined family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Anti-Tartakower Variation line).

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 Nf6, 2.c4 e6, 3.Nf3 d5, 4.Nc3 Be7, 5.Bg5 O-O, 6.e3 h6. From this position exactly one named continuation is recorded in the encyclopaedia.