Library/Openings/Queen's Gambit Declined/Chigorin Defense/Exchange Variation ECO D07
Opening· 6 plies

Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Exchange Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO D07), reached after 6 half-moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5.

Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Exchange Variation ECO D07
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About this opening

Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Exchange Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code D07. 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 6 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5.

It belongs to the Queen's Gambit Declined family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Chigorin Defense → Exchange Variation line). The immediate parent line is Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, transitioned via 3…Qxd5.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 d5, 2.c4 Nc6, 3.cxd5 Qxd5. From this position exactly one named continuation is recorded in the encyclopaedia.