Tree path 9 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Slav Defense › Modern Line › Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation › Semi-Slav Defense › Semi-Slav Defense Accepted › Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation › Ekstrom Variation
Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation, Ekstrom Variation
Overview
Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation, Ekstrom Variation is a named branch in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games group of chess theory, classified under 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.
It begins with 19 plies and takes 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 to reach the canonical position.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
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- ECO code
- D44
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 19
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