Tree path 6 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Slav Defense › Modern Line › Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation › Slav Defense: Two Knights Attack
- 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: Two Knights Attack
Overview
Slav Defense: Two Knights Attack 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4, after 8 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
It branches into 3 notable variations — Slav Defense: Alapin Variation, Slav Defense: Alekhine Variation, Slav Defense: Geller Gambit.
In total, the branch covers 20 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- D15
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 8
- Direct variations
- 3
- Total in subtree
- 20
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Variations (3)
Show all 20 sub-variations (full subtree)
- D16 Slav Defense: Alapin Variation 9-ply
- D15 Slav Defense: Alekhine Variation 9-ply
- D15 Slav Defense: Geller Gambit 9-ply
- D17 Slav Defense: Czech Variation 10-ply
- D15 Slav Defense: Geller Gambit 11-ply
- D16 Slav Defense: Smyslov Variation 10-ply
- D16 Slav Defense: Soultanbeieff Variation 10-ply
- D16 Slav Defense: Steiner Variation 10-ply
- D17 Bled Attack 11-ply
- D18 Classical System 11-ply
- D17 Krause Attack 11-ply
- D17 Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Carlsbad Variation 16-ply
- D19 Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Dutch Variation 15-ply
- D17 Fazekas Gambit 13-ply
- D18 Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Lasker Variation 12-ply
- D17 Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Wiesbaden Variation 12-ply
- D17 Morozevich Variation 22-ply
- D19 Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Classical System, Main Line 17-ply
- D17 Sharp Line 15-ply
- D19 Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Dutch Variation, Sämisch Variation 19-ply