Tree path 7 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Queen's Gambit Declined › Queen's Knight Variation › Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order › Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation › Abrahams Variation
Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation, Abrahams Variation
Overview
Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation, Abrahams Variation is a named branch in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO D31.
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 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b5 8. axb5 cxb5 to reach the canonical position.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
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- ECO code
- D31
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 16
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