Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Exchange Variation

D41

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4

How it went

138 ours · 1,138 masters

White wins 38% Draws 33% Black wins 29%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Kramnik, Vladimir — Van Wely, Loek 1-0 · 1998
Gurevich, Mikhail — Barsov, Alexei 1-0 · 1998
Lputian, Smbat G — Zelcic, Robert 1/2-1/2 · 2003
Piket, Jeroen — Van Wely, Loek 1-0 · 1998
Piket, Jeroen — Van Wely, Loek 1/2-1/2 · 1998

Games in Spain

Valenzuela Gomez,F (2373) — Casares Bonals,Asier (1746) 1-0
Kirianov, Mark (2028) — Sobron Angulo, Adrian (1866) 1-0

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 d5 4 Nc3 c5 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 e4
d4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nf3 d5 Nc3 c5 cxd5 Nxd5 e4
d4, Nf6, c4, e6, Nf3, d5, Nc3, c5, cxd5, Nxd5, e4