Queens gambit declined

Queen's gambit declined - Introduction

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Queen's gambit declined - Orthodox Variation

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Queen's gambit declined - Tarrasch defence

The Tarrasch defence is named after Siegbert Tarrasch one of the best four players in the world for about 20 years in the lathe 19th and early 20th century. Not only does he have a variation of the Queen's gambit declined named after him, he even coined the phrase Orthodox variation for the mainline of the Queen's gambit declined. He did this out of spite for the timidness of the mainline, he firmly believed that despite the fact that his variation though often resulted in an isolated queen's pawn for black was far more aggressive and Interesting than the mainline. Because Tarrasch valued piece mobility over all else, the Tarrasch defence is an opening more suited for aggressive players, who prefer to avoid endgames, and are looking for middle game checkmates.

Named after Siegbert Tarrasch, black's C5 pawn push is an aggressive response that leads to early attack chances however forces white to play with an isolated queen's pawn.

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Introduction to the Queen's Gambit Declined

Queen's gambit declined - Introduction

Queen's gambit declined - Orthodox Variation

Queen's gambit declined - Tarrasch defence