Tarrasch Defense

Tarrasch Defense is a named opening in the book. The main stored line runs d4, d5, c4, e6, Nc3, c5. The book has 27 lines under this name, across ECO codes D32 to D34.

27 lines in the book · ECO D32 to D34 · 2,223 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Tarrasch Defense

Play the next move in the line.

  1. d4
  2. d5
  3. c4
  4. e6
  5. Nc3
  6. c5

Move by move

  1. White pawn moves from d2 to d4.
  2. Black pawn moves from d7 to d5.
  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 c7 to c5.

Variations

Grünfeld Gambit1 lines · D32Marshall Gambit1 lines · D32Schara Gambit1 lines · D32Symmetrical Variation2 lines · D32Tarrasch Gambit1 lines · D32Two Knights Variation1 lines · D32von Hennig Gambit1 lines · D32Dubov Tarrasch1 lines · D33Prague Variation2 lines · D33 to D34Rubinstein System1 lines · D33Swedish Variation2 lines · D33Wagner Variation1 lines · D33Classical Variation11 lines · D34

Named gambits and traps

6 lines in this family have "gambit" or "trap" in the name. The list shows 6.

Puzzles from this opening

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