Tree path 4 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Zukertort Variation › Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation › Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Sozin Variation
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- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Zukertort Variation D02
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Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Sozin Variation
Overview
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Sozin 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.
It is reached after 25 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. O-O.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
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- ECO code
- D49
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 25
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