Tree path 4 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Slav Defense › Modern Line
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- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Slav Defense D10
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Slav Defense: Modern Line
Overview
Slav Defense: Modern Line is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D11.
The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.
The line arises from 5 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3.
It is a variation of Slav Defense, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
It is the root of 7 named variations, with Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense, Slav Defense: Bonet Gambit, Slav Defense: Breyer Variation, and others among the most studied.
Counted recursively, this branch covers 65 sub-variations at all depths.
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- ECO code
- D11
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 5
- Parent
- Slav Defense
- Direct variations
- 7
- Total in subtree
- 65
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