Tree path 5 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Queen's Gambit Declined › Queen's Knight Variation › Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order
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- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined D30
- Queen's Knight Variation D31
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Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order
Overview
Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order is a specific line in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family (ECO D31), arising from a recognised theoretical position.
The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.
It begins with 6 plies and takes 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 to reach the canonical position.
The line refines Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
The line has 6 documented children — Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Noteboom, Stonewall Variation, Portisch Gambit, Semi-Slav Defense: Marshall Gambit, Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Pirc Variation, and others being widely played.
Together the deeper variations number 16 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- D31
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 6
- Direct variations
- 6
- Total in subtree
- 16
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Variations (6)
Show all 16 sub-variations (full subtree)
- D31 Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Noteboom, Stonewall Variation, Portisch Gambit 9-ply
- D31 Semi-Slav Defense: Marshall Gambit 7-ply
- D48 Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Pirc Variation 18-ply
- D45 Semi-Slav Defense: Normal Variation 15-ply
- D31 Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation 8-ply
- D45 Semi-Slav Defense: Rubinstein System 11-ply
- D31 Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav, Abrahams Variation 14-ply
- D31 Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav, Koomen Variation 14-ply
- D31 Semi-Slav Defense: Gunderam Gambit 9-ply
- D31 Forgotten Variation 11-ply
- D31 Main Line 11-ply
- D31 Abrahams Variation 16-ply
- D31 Anti-Noteboom Gambit 9-ply
- D31 Anti-Noteboom Variation 9-ply
- D31 Semi-Slav Defense: Marshall Gambit, Tolush Variation 18-ply
- D31 Belyavsky Line 10-ply