Tree path 8 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Slav Defense › Modern Line › Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation › Slav Defense: Two Knights Attack › Slav Defense: Alapin Variation › Slav Defense: Steiner Variation
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Slav Defense D10
- Modern Line D11
- Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation D15
- Slav Defense: Two Knights Attack D15
- Slav Defense: Alapin Variation D16
- Slav Defense: Steiner Variation D16 you are here
Slav Defense: Steiner Variation
Overview
Slav Defense: Steiner Variation is a named branch in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO D16.
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. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4, after 10 plies of opening development.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Slav Defense: Alapin Variation, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
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- ECO code
- D16
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 10
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