Tree path 5 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Slav Defense › Modern Line › Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Slav Defense D10
- Modern Line D11
- Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense D46 you are here
Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense
Overview
Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense is a specific line in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family (ECO D46), arising from a recognised theoretical position.
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 19 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2.
The line refines Slav Defense: Modern Line, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- D46
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 19
- Parent
- Slav Defense: Modern Line
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