Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Bogoljubow Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Rc1 c4

The Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation, Bogoljubow Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D34, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Rc1 c4. It is a line of the Tarrasch Defense. White is to move.

This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.

Engine evaluation: +0.12 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 11. b3 Qa5 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. e3 Rac8)

ECO

D34

Moves

20 plies

FEN

r2q1rk1/pp2bppp/2n1bn2/3p2B1/2pP4/2N2NP1/PP2PPBP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 0 11

PGN

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Rc1 c4

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Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.