Lakdawala: Queen's Gambit Declined - Tarrasch - Opening Repertoire Erzählungen und Romane Reti tells the student to

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Lakdawala: Queen's Gambit Declined - Tarrasch - Opening Repertoire Erzählungen und Romane Reti tells the student toThe Tarrasch Variation of the Queens Gambit Declined is a fierce counter attacking line arising after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5. In this variation Black gains free and easy piece play but in return usually has to accept the structural weakness of an Isolated Queens Pawn (IQP). In the early development of chess theory this line was somewhat frowned upon due to the vulnerability of the IQP. However, Siegbert Tarrasch, after whom the opening is named,