Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO D06), reached after 4 half-moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5.

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3.cxd5 2 lines
- D06 Gusev Countergambit
- D06 Haberditz Variation

About this opening

Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code D06. 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 4 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5.

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

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 d5, 2.c4 c5. From this position exactly one named continuation is recorded in the encyclopaedia.