Tree path 6 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Slav Defense › Modern Line › Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation › Slav Defense: Schlechter Variation
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Slav Defense D10
- Modern Line D11
- Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation D15
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Slav Defense: Schlechter Variation
Overview
Slav Defense: Schlechter Variation is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D15.
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 begins with 8 plies and takes 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- D15
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 8
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