(1) Queen's Gambit Declined Tartakower Defense [D58]



1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 0-0 7.e3 b6

This is the Tartakower-Makagonov-Bondarevsky Variation, to name just a few of the designations in common use. The idea is to build a solid position. Karpov has battled Kasparov many times in this opening.