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Opening· 8 plies

Tarrasch Defense: Schara Gambit

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO D32), reached after 8 half-moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4.

Tarrasch Defense: Schara Gambit ECO D32
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About this opening

Tarrasch Defense: Schara Gambit is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code D32. 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. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4.

It belongs to the Tarrasch Defense family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Schara Gambit line).

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 d5, 2.c4 e6, 3.Nc3 c5, 4.cxd5 cxd4. 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.