Queen's Gambit Declined: Spielmann Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO D30), reached after 10 half-moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c6 5. Nbd2 g6.

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About this opening

Queen's Gambit Declined: Spielmann Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code D30. 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 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c6 5. Nbd2 g6.

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

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 d5, 2.c4 e6, 3.Nf3 Nf6, 4.e3 c6, 5.Nbd2 g6. 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.