Tree path 8 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: Stoltz Variation › Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Slav Defense D10
- Slav Defense D10
- Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line D45
- Semi-Slav Defense: Normal Variation D45
- Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation D45
- Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense D46 you are here
Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense
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.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Re8 9. Bd3, after 17 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation, 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
- 17
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