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Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Pin Defense

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Overview

Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Pin Defense 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.

It is reached after 8 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4.

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

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ECO code
D11
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
8
Parent
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation

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