Library/Openings/Tarrasch Defense/Swedish Variation/Central Break ECO D33
Opening· 13 plies

Tarrasch Defense: Swedish Variation, Central Break

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO D33), reached after 13 half-moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 7. e4.

Tarrasch Defense: Swedish Variation, Central Break ECO D33
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About this opening

Tarrasch Defense: Swedish Variation, Central Break is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code D33. 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 13 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 7. e4.

It belongs to the Tarrasch Defense family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Swedish Variation → Central Break line). The immediate parent line is Tarrasch Defense: Swedish Variation, transitioned via 7.e4.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 d5, 2.c4 e6, 3.Nc3 c5, 4.cxd5 exd5, 5.Nf3 Nc6, 6.g3 c4. 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.