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Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, Schallopp Variation

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Overview

Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, Schallopp Variation is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D13.

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. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3, after 11 plies of opening development.

It is a variation of Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

It continues primarily into one named line, Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Amsterdam Variation.

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ECO code
D13
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
11
Parent
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense
Direct variations
1

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