Tree path 5 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Slav Defense › Modern Line › Slav Defense: Modern Line
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Slav Defense D10
- Modern Line D11
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Slav Defense: Modern Line
Overview
Slav Defense: Modern Line is a named branch in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games group of chess theory, classified under 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 g6, after 10 plies of opening development.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Slav Defense: Modern Line, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
Use the board to walk through every move, check how the position has scored on Lichess, or take it head-to-head against Stockfish.
- ECO code
- D11
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 10
- Parent
- Slav Defense: Modern Line
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