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Queen's Gambit Declined:Semi-Tarrasch Defense

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5

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White to move

Legal moves
35
Games in the next 4 moves
1,198,534
Different positions among them
384,308
Named lines from here
13

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It is reached after 8 moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined.

White is to move and has 35 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 1,198,534 different games. Those games reach 384,308 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 3.1 on average.

The Lichess opening list names 13 further lines after this position, such as Pillsbury Variation (5. Bg5).

The same moves can be played in 288 different legal orders that all reach this position. For example 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5, which starts as the English Opening.

Map of every game of the next four moves after the Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense
Every game of the next four moves from this position, as the map draws it. Each ring is one more move; the outer ring holds all 1,198,534 games.

Move by move

  1. 1. d4Queen's Pawn Game
  2. 1... Nf6Indian Defense
  3. 2. c4Indian Defense: Normal Variation
  4. 2... e6—
  5. 3. Nf3Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian
  6. 3... d5—
  7. 4. Nc3Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation
  8. 4... c5Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense

Named lines from here

Related openings

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