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Slav Defense
Overview
Slav Defense is a specific line in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family (ECO D10), arising from a recognised theoretical position.
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 5 plies and takes 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 to reach the canonical position.
The line refines Slav Defense, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
The line has 6 documented children — Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Defense, Grünfeld Defense: Smyslov Defense, Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line, and others being widely played.
Counted recursively, this branch covers 35 sub-variations at all depths.
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- ECO code
- D10
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 5
- Parent
- Slav Defense
- Direct variations
- 6
- Total in subtree
- 35
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Variations (6)
Show all 35 sub-variations (full subtree)
- D94 Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Defense 14-ply
- D94 Grünfeld Defense: Smyslov Defense 14-ply
- D45 Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line 9-ply
- D49 Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Rellstab Attack 29-ply
- D10 Slav Defense 6-ply
- D10 Winawer Countergambit 6-ply
- D45 Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Meran Variation 10-ply
- D45 Semi-Slav Defense: Normal Variation 10-ply
- D10 Slav Gambit, Alekhine Attack 7-ply
- D10 Anti-Winawer Gambit 7-ply
- D46 Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense 15-ply
- D46 Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line 11-ply
- D45 Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation 11-ply
- D46 Semi-Slav Defense: Bogoljubow Variation 12-ply
- D46 Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense 12-ply
- D46 Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense 17-ply
- D46 Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense 17-ply
- D46 Semi-Slav Defense: Romih Variation 12-ply
- D47 Semi-Slav Defense: Semi-Meran Variation 13-ply
- D45 Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation 13-ply
- D46 Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense 13-ply
- D47 Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation 14-ply
- D45 Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation 14-ply
- D46 Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense 15-ply
- D46 Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense 21-ply
- D48 Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation 16-ply
- D47 Wade Variation 16-ply
- D46 Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line 19-ply
- D48 Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation 18-ply
- D47 Larsen Variation 22-ply
- D48 Old Variation 19-ply
- D47 Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Wade Variation, Kaidanov Gambit 25-ply
- D49 Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Blumenfeld Variation 21-ply
- D49 Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Rabinovich Variation 22-ply
- D49 Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Stahlberg Variation 25-ply