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Opening· 8 plies

Zukertort Opening: Wade Defense, Chigorin Plan

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO A41), reached after 8 half-moves: 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. Qb3 Rb8.

Zukertort Opening: Wade Defense, Chigorin Plan ECO A41
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About this opening

Zukertort Opening: Wade Defense, Chigorin Plan is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code A41. ECO group A (A00–A99) covers flank and irregular openings, including the English, Bird, Réti and Dutch defences. This particular variation is reached after 8 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. Qb3 Rb8.

It belongs to the Zukertort Opening family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Wade Defense → Chigorin Plan line). The immediate parent line is Zukertort Opening: Wade Defense, transitioned via 4…Rb8.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 d6, 2.Nf3 Bg4, 3.c4 Nd7, 4.Qb3 Rb8. 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.