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Tree path 10 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: Semi-Meran Variation › Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation › Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation
  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: Semi-Meran Variation D47
  10. Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation D47
  11. Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation D48 you are here
D48

Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation

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Overview

Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation is a named branch in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO D48.

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 16 plies and takes 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 to reach the canonical position.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.

It continues primarily into one named line, Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation.

Together the deeper variations number 5 across the full subtree.

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ECO code
D48
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
16
Parent
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation
Direct variations
1
Total in subtree
5

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Variations (1)

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Sister lines that share the same parent Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation:

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