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Tree path 14 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 › Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Rabinovich 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
  15. Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Rabinovich Variation D49 you are here
D49

Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Rabinovich Variation

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Overview

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

The line arises from 22 plies — specifically the moves 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 Ng4.

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

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ECO code
D49
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
22
Parent
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Blumenfeld Variation

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Related variations at the same level

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

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