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Opening· 8 plies

Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Slav

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO D02), reached after 8 half-moves: 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6.

Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Slav ECO D02
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About this opening

Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Slav is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code D02. 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 8 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6.

It belongs to the Queen's Gambit Declined family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Baltic Defense → Pseudo-Slav line). The immediate parent line is Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, transitioned via 4…c6.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 d5, 2.Nf3 Bf5, 3.c4 e6, 4.Nc3 c6. 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.