ECO Index D - Queen's Gambit

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Welcome to ECO Index D. It's the next part of the openings series after ECO Index C. Volume D deals with the Queen's Pawn Game, principally the Queen's Gambit, Declined and Accepted.

Later it moves on to the Neo-Grunfeld Defense. This idea is for Black to start by developing his Kingside Knight instead of playing a center pawn.

The concept is further investigated in the last 20 entries of the volume which consists of the Grunfeld Defense. This volume should give you ideas for ways to expand to openings repertoire, opening up fresh possibilities.

D00-19 Queen's Gambit Declined; Slav, Dutch

ECO Index D - D00-19

D00 Queen's Pawn Game, Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, Halosar Trap
D01 Richter-Veresov Attack
D02 Queen's Pawn Game, 2. Nf3
D03 Torre Attack, Tartakower Variation
D04 Queen's Pawn Game
D05 Queen's Pawn Game, Zukertort Variation, Colle System
D06 Queen's Gambit, Baltic Defense, Marshall Defense, Symmetrical Defense
D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense
D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter-Gambit, Lasker Trap
D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter-Gambit, 5.g3
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined, Slav Defense
D11 Queen's Gambit Declined, Slav Defense, 3.Nf3
D12 Queen's Gambit Declined, Slav Defense, 4.e3 Bf5
D13 Queen's Gambit Declined, Slav Defense, Exchange Variation
D14 Queen's Gambit Declined, Slav Defense, Exchange Variation
D15 Queen's Gambit Declined, Slav Defense, 4.Nc3
D16 Queen's Gambit Declined, Slav Accepted, Alapin Variation
D17 Queen's Gambit Declined, Slav Defense, Czech Defense
D18 Queen's Gambit Declined, Dutch Variation
D19 Queen's Gambit Declined, Dutch Variation

Play through the Queen's Gambit Declined, Openings Slav, Dutch Openings.

D20-29 Queen's Gambit Accepted

ECO Index D - D20-29

D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted, 3.Nf3
D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Alekhine Defense
D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted
D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted, 4.Nc3
D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted, 4.e3
D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical Variation
D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical Variation
D28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical Variation, 7.Qe2
D29 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical Variation, 8...Bb7

Play through the Queen's Gambit Accepted Openings.

D30-49 Queen's Gambit Declined

ECO Index D - D30-49

D30 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
D31 Queen's Gambit Declined, 3.Nc3
D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch Defense
D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, Schlechter-Rubinstein System
D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 7...Be7
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange Variation
D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional Line, 6.Qc2
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3
D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation
D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch Defense
D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cxd5
D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd4
D43 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Slav Defense
D44 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Slav, 5.Bg5 dxc4
D45 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Slav, 5.e3
D46 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Slav, 6.Bd4
D47 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Slav, 7.Bc4
D48 Queen's Gambit Declined, Meran, 8...a6
D49 Queen's Gambit Declined, Meran, 11.Nxb5

Play through the D30-49 Queen's Gambit Declined Openings.

D50-69 Queen's Gambit Declined

ECO Index D - D50-69

D50 Queen's Gambit Declined, 5.Bg5
D51 Queen's Gambit Declined, Cambridge Springs Defense, Elephant Trap
D52 Queen's Gambit Declined
D53 Queen's Gambit Declined, 5.Bg5 Be7
D54 Queen's Gambit Declined, Anti-Neo-Orthodox Variation
D55 Queen's Gambit Declined, 6.Nf3
D56 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense
D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense, Main Line
D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower Makogonov-Bondarevsky System
D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower Makogonov-Bondarevsky System, 8.cxd5 Nxd5
D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation
D62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein, 7.Qc2 c5 8.cxd5
D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, (with 7.Rc1)
D64 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack, (with 7.Rc1)
D65 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack, Main Line
D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line, Rubinstein Trap
D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line, Capablanca Freeing Maneuver
D68 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical Variation
D69 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.dxe5

Find your signature opening from the Queen's Gambit Declined, D50-69 Openings.

D70-79 Neo-Grunfeld Defense

ECO Index D - D70-79

D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense
D71 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.cxd5
D72 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.cxd5, Main Line
D73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3
D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O
D75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O c5 8.Nc3
D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O Nb6
D77 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O
D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
D79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main Line

See what you make of the Neo-Grunfeld Defense.

D80-99 Grunfeld Defense

ECO Index D - D80-99

D80 Grunfeld Defense
D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation
D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4
D83 Grunfeld, Gambit
D84 Grunfeld, Gambit Accepted
D85 Grunfeld, Nadanian Variation
D86 Grunfeld, Exchange, Classical Variation
D87 Grunfeld, Exchange, Spassky Variation
D88 Grunfeld, Spassky Variation, Main Line, 10...cxd4 11.cxd4
D89 Grunfeld, Spassky Variation, Main Line, 13.Bd3
D90 Grunfeld, Three Knights Variation
D91 Grunfeld, Three Knights Variation
D92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4
D93 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3
D94 Grunfeld, 5.e3
D95 Grunfeld, 5.e3 O-O 6.Qb3
D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation
D97 Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 7.e4
D98 Grunfeld, Russian, Smyslov Variation
D99 Grunfeld, Smyslov, Main Line

Check out the Grunfeld Defense.

Moving On

The Queen's Gambit has many branches, there are not many who are intimately familiar with them all. The opening tends to lead to slow-burning strategic encounters.

The Accepted lines do not merit more than 10 entries as it is not considered to be Black's wisest choice. Most of the section as you have seen concentrate on the Declined lines and you will find that certainly these days Black more often than not declines this gambit.

The final part of the series is Volume E and this is another on the QPG. It looks at Black's Indian defenses in the face of 1.d4. These defensive systems are similar to the Grunfeld and the Neo-Grunfeld in that Black replies with 1...Nf6.