Queen's Gambit Declined
Queen's Gambit · D58 · you play White. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O
About the Queen's Gambit Declined
The Orthodox Queen's Gambit Declined with ...h6 and ...b6 (the Tartakower system) is one of the most reliable defences in chess, and White's plan against it is just as classical: trade on d5, play b4–b5 and target the c6 pawn with the minority attack. Capablanca, Karpov and Kasparov all played both sides.
The Queen's Gambit Declined (D58) is one of 5 lines of the Queen's Gambit you can train here as White. It starts with 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7. Go through the Queen's Gambit Declined one move at a time, and when you know it, try to play the whole line without help. The page continues past the opening with middlegame plans, typical endgames and master games played with the Queen's Gambit Declined. Use it to build your set of lines to play with White, and test what you remember with speed training or the random-position drill.