D58Opening

Queen's Gambit Declined:Tartakower Defense

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6

White to move

Legal moves: 38
Games in the next 4 moves: 1,488,253
Different positions among them: 476,518
Named lines from here: 3

Named after Savielly Tartakower: Black fianchettoes the queen’s bishop with ...b6, a solid system played by many world champions.

It is reached after 14 moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined.

White is to move and has 38 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 1,488,253 different games. Those games reach 476,518 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 3.1 on average.

The Lichess opening list names 3 further lines after this position, such as Makogonov Exchange Variation (8. cxd5 Nxd5) and Exchange Variation (8. cxd5 exd5).

Map of every game of the next four moves after the Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower 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 1,488,253 games.

Move by move

1. d4Queen's Pawn Game
1... Nf6Indian Defense
2. c4Indian Defense: Normal Variation
2... e6—
3. Nf3Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian
3... d5—
4. Nc3Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation
4... Be7—
5. Bg5Queen's Gambit Declined
5... h6—
6. Bh4—
6... O-O—
7. e3Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation, Main Line
7... b6Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense

Named lines from here

Makogonov Exchange VariationD598. cxd5 Nxd5
Exchange VariationD588. cxd5 exd5

Famous games through this position

The Game Spassky ApplaudedFischer – Spassky, Reykjavik 1972, move 7Fischer almost never opened 1.c4; here he did, and at the end even Spassky joined the applause.

Related openings

Queen's Gambit DeclinedD301. d4 d5 2. c4 e6
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox DefenseD601. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker DefenseD531. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Ne4
Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs DefenseD521. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5
Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz AttackD351. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4
Tarrasch DefenseD321. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5

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