Tree path 6 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Slav Defense › Modern Line › Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation › Slav Defense: Chebanenko Variation
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Slav Defense D10
- Modern Line D11
- Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation D15
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Slav Defense: Chebanenko Variation
Overview
Slav Defense: Chebanenko Variation is a named branch in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO D15.
The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6, after 8 plies of opening development.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
2 named variations grow from this line, including Slav Defense: Chebanenko Variation, Advance System.
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- ECO code
- D15
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 8
- Direct variations
- 2
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