Tarrasch Defense
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Named variations of the Tarrasch Defense
Our opening book catalogues 26 named variations in this family. Here they all are:
- Marshall Gambit
- Schara Gambit
- Schara, von Hennig Gambit
- Symmetrical Variation
- Symmetrical Variation with 7...O-O
- Symmetrical, Levenfish Variation
- Tarrasch Gambit
- Two Knights Variation
- Two Knights, Grünfeld Gambit
- Two Knights, Rubinstein System
- Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague Variation
- Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague, Carlsbad Variation
- Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague, Carlsbad, Advance Variation
- Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague, Carlsbad, Chandler Variation
- Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague, Carlsbad, Endgame Variation
- Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague, Carlsbad, Endgame Variation, Bogoljubov Variation
- Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague, Carlsbad, Endgame Variation, Stoltz Variation
- Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague, Carlsbad, Pétursson Variation
- Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague, Carlsbad, Spassky Variation
- Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague, Classical Tarrasch Gambit
- Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague, Main Line
- Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague, Réti Variation
- Two Knights, Rubinstein, Prague, Wagner Variation
- Two Knights, Rubinstein, Schlechter Variation
- Two Knights, Rubinstein, Swedish Variation
- Two Knights, Rubinstein, Swedish, Central Break Variation
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