ECO D31 · Queen's Gambit Declined
Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation
The position after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3.
Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation
5 half-moves in · 5 named continuations
8♜
♞
♝
♛
♚
♝
♞
♜
7♟
♟
♟
♟
♟
♟
6
♟
5
♟
4
♙
♙
3
♘
2♙
♙
♙
♙
♙
♙
a1♖
b
c♗
d♕
e♔
f♗
g♘
h♖
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation is filed under ECO D31, a variation of Queen's Gambit Declined. It is the position after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 — 5 half-moves in, with Black to move. From here theory names 5 continuations: Be7, c6, c5, Nf6, a6.