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Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation

ECO D32 · 714 games · Black to move

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3
48% White6% Draw46% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Nc640757.0%
Nf614420.2%
cxd4212.9%
c4111.5%

A further 131 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

Queen's Pawn Game 1. d4Queen's Pawn Game 1... d5Queen's Gambit 2. c4Queen's Gambit Declined 2... e6Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation 3. Nc3Tarrasch Defense 3... c5Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense 4... exd5Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation 5. Nf3

Other lines in this family

Prague VariationD33… 5... Nc6 6. g3 Nf6137Rubinstein SystemD33… 5... Nc6 6. g3122Schara GambitD32… 4... cxd4354Tarrasch DefenseD32…2,829Symmetrical VariationD32… 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6462

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.