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Tree path 13 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 › Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation › Old Variation › Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Blumenfeld 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
  12. Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation D48
  13. Old Variation D48
  14. Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Blumenfeld Variation D49 you are here
D49

Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Blumenfeld Variation

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Overview

Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Blumenfeld Variation is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D49.

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 21 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5.

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

It branches into 2 notable variations — Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Rabinovich Variation, Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Stahlberg Variation.

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ECO code
D49
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
21
Parent
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Old Variation
Direct variations
2

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