Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Main Line

D34

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8

How it went

5 ours · 327 masters

White wins 60% Draws 0% Black wins 40%

Continuations

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Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Chandler Variation D34 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Be6 1

Master games

Kasparov, Garry — Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 · 1994
Kasparov, Garry — Illescas Cordoba, Miguel 1-0 · 1990
Kramnik, Vladimir — Sadler, Matthew D 1/2-1/2 · 1998
Zueger, Beat — Kasparov, Garry 0-1 · 1987
Savchenko, S... — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 0-1 · 2006

Games in Spain

Bernabeu Lopez,C (2421) — Erdogdu,M (2415) 1-0
Bello Burguet,G (2004) — Pisk,P (2331) 0-1
Gavilan Diaz,M (2278) — Lauridsen,JM (2225) 1-0
Guillo Longares,Cecilia (2101) — Golsta,Ramona (1867) 0-1

This line is also written

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8
1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 g3 Nf6 7 Bg2 Be7 8 O-O O-O 9 Bg5 cxd4 10 Nxd4 h6 11 Be3 Re8
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 c5 cxd5 exd5 Nf3 Nc6 g3 Nf6 Bg2 Be7 O-O O-O Bg5 cxd4 Nxd4 h6 Be3 Re8
d4, d5, c4, e6, Nc3, c5, cxd5, exd5, Nf3, Nc6, g3, Nf6, Bg2, Be7, O-O, O-O, Bg5, cxd4, Nxd4, h6, Be3, Re8