Tarrasch Defense: Swedish Variation, Central Break

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 7. e4

The Tarrasch Defense: Swedish Variation, Central Break is a chess opening classified as ECO D33, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 7. e4. It is a line of the Tarrasch Defense. Black 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: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 7… dxe4 8. Ng5 Qxd4 9. Be3 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1)

ECO

D33

Moves

13 plies

FEN

r1bqkbnr/pp3ppp/2n5/3p4/2pPP3/2N2NP1/PP3P1P/R1BQKB1R b KQkq - 0 7

PGN

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 7. e4

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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.