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Slav Defense: Winawer Countergambit

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Overview

Slav Defense: Winawer Countergambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO D10, Closed & Semi-Closed Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.

The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.

The line arises from 6 plies — specifically the moves 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5.

The line refines Slav Defense, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

It continues primarily into one named line, Anti-Winawer Gambit.

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ECO code
D10
Group
Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies
6
Parent
Slav Defense
Direct variations
1

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Variations (1)