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Opening· 10 plies

Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Argentinian Gambit

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO D06), reached after 10 half-moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6.

Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Argentinian Gambit ECO D06
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About this opening

Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Argentinian Gambit 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 10 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6.

It belongs to the Queen's Gambit Declined family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Baltic Defense → Argentinian Gambit line). The immediate parent line is Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, transitioned via 5…Nxc6.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 d5, 2.c4 Bf5, 3.cxd5 Bxb1, 4.Qa4+ c6, 5.dxc6 Nxc6. 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.