Queen’s Gambit Declined, Exchange | Carlsbad Structure – Chess Openings Explained

Jonathan Schrantz follows a line in the Exchange Variation of the Queen’s Gambit Declined. Plus, learn to identify the Carlsbad pawn structure, a common formation in the QGD.

2015.12.21
Lev Polugaevsky vs Mikhail Tal, USSR Championship (1969): D35 Queen’s Gambit Declined, exchange variation
Mikhail Botvinnik vs Paul Keres, USSR Championship (1952): D35 Queen’s Gambit Declined, exchange, positional line
Anton Korobov vs Ernesto Inarkiev, World Rapid Championship (2015): D36 Queen’s Gambit Declined, exchange, positional line, 6.Qc2