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- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Zukertort Variation D02
- Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation D02
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Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation
Overview
Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation is a named branch in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO D45.
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 13 plies and takes 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 to reach the canonical position.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
It continues primarily into one named line, Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation.
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- ECO code
- D45
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 13
- Direct variations
- 1
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