Tree path 7 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Slav Defense › Modern Line › Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation › Semi-Slav Defense › Anti-Moscow Gambit
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Slav Defense D10
- Modern Line D11
- Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation D15
- Semi-Slav Defense D43
- Anti-Moscow Gambit D43 you are here
Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow Gambit
Overview
Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow Gambit is a gambit, classified under ECO code D43 within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.
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 is reached after 11 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4.
It is a variation of Semi-Slav Defense, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- D43
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 11
- Parent
- Semi-Slav Defense
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