Queen's Gambit Declined

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The Queen's Gambit Declined (or QGD) is a chess opening, a primary line of the Queen's Gambit beginning with the moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 Instead of taking the pawn offered by White on c4 (the Queen's Gambit Accepted), Black defends the d-pawn with 2...e6 (the "Orthodox" Queen's Gambit Declined). "Queen's Gambit Declined" usually refers to 2...e6; see "Other second moves for Black" for additional options that decline White's offered pawn. The most common continuation is 3.Nc3 Nf6 (covered by ECO codes D35–D69), after which White may continue with 4.Bg5, leading to the Classical Variation and others; 4.cxd5, the Exchange Variation; or 4.Nf3, the Three Knights Variation. 3...c6, 3...c5, and 3...Be7 are also common for Black, as is 3.Nf3 for White. The Queen's Gambit Declined can be also reached by transposition from a number of other move orders. A common example is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5, where White avoids the Nimzo-Indian Defense (3.Nc3 Bb4). Other examples include 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5...

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