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Tree path 9 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Slav Defense › Slav Defense › Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line › Semi-Slav Defense: Normal Variation › Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line › Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense › Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense
  1. Chess Codex
  2. Queen's Pawn Game D00
  3. Queen's Gambit D06
  4. Slav Defense D10
  5. Slav Defense D10
  6. Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line D45
  7. Semi-Slav Defense: Normal Variation D45
  8. Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line D46
  9. Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense D46
  10. Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense D46 you are here
D46

Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense

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Overview

Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D46.

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 13 plies and takes 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Qc2 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
D46
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
13
Parent
Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense

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