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D44

Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation, Alatortsev System

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Overview

Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation, Alatortsev System is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D44.

The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.

Play reaches this position via 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 Nd5, after 18 plies of opening development.

It is a direct variation of Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation.

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ECO code
D44
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
18
Parent
Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation

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Related variations at the same level

Sister lines that share the same parent Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation:

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