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Lakdawala: Queen's Gambit Declined - Tarrasch - Opening Repertoire ushopaid_bundle_product Nigel Short's Winning offers anThe Tarrasch Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined is a fierce counter attacking line arising after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5. In this variation Black gains free and easy piece play but in return usually has to accept the structural weakness of an Isolated Queen's Pawn (IQP). In the early development of chess theory this line was somewhat frowned upon due to the vulnerability of the IQP. However, Siegbert Tarrasch, after whom the opening is named,