Tree path 10 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Slav Defense › Modern Line › Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation › Slav Defense: Two Knights Attack › Slav Defense: Alapin Variation › Slav Defense: Czech Variation › Krause Attack › Fazekas Gambit
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Krause Attack, Fazekas Gambit
Overview
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Krause Attack, Fazekas Gambit is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO D17 in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games group. The defining idea is the early concession of material to seize the initiative and unbalance the 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 is reached after 13 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Na6 7. e4.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Krause Attack, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
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- ECO code
- D17
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 13
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