Queens Exchange

In the opening book this is the Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation.

The book line for Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation is d4, Nf6, c4, e6, Nc3, d5, cxd5. This page collects the 21 named lines under that variation.

21 named lines · ECO D35, D36 · 3,158 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation

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  1. d4
  2. Nf6
  3. c4
  4. e6
  5. Nc3
  6. d5
  7. cxd5

Moves in the main line

  1. White pawn moves from d2 to d4.
  2. Black knight moves from g8 to f6.
  3. White pawn moves from c2 to c4.
  4. Black pawn moves from e7 to e6.
  5. White knight moves from b1 to c3.
  6. Black pawn moves from d7 to d5.
  7. White pawn captures on d5.

Named lines

  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation (D35) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation (D35) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. cxd5 exd5
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation (D35) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nf3 c6
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation (D35) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Carlsen Variation (D35) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bg4
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Chameleon Variation (D35) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Nge2 Nf8 10. O-O-O
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation (D35) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation (D35) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation (D35) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation (D35) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Sämisch Variation (D35) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation (D36) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation (D36) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation (D36) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation (D36) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation (D36) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation (D36) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation (D36) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nf8 9. Qc2
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation (D36) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation (D36) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8
  • Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation (D36) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Qc2

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