D43-D49
Semi-Slav Defense
Learn the starting moves, ideas, game results, and 12 named Semi-Slav Defense variations.
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 About This Opening
The Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6) combines Slav and QGD ideas into one of Black's richest defenses. It can stay solid or explode into the razor-sharp Botvinnik and Anti-Moscow gambits, where theory runs past move thirty.
Variations
12 found D44 D45 D45 D44 D45 D45 D44 D44 D45 D48 D44 D47
Vienna Variation, Semi-Slav
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 dxc4 Normal Variation, Semi-Slav
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 e3 Nbd7 Stoltz Variation, Semi-Slav
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 e3 Nbd7 Qc2 Stonewall Defense, Semi-Slav
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 e3 Ne4 Bd3 f5 Center Variation, Semi-Slav
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 e3 Nbd7 Qc2 Bd6 e4 Shabalov Attack, Semi-Slav
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 e3 Nbd7 Qc2 Bd6 g4 Alatortsev System, Semi-Slav
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 Bg5 dxc4 e4 b5 e5 h6 Bh4 g5 Nxg5 Nd5 Ekstrom Variation, Semi-Slav
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 Bg5 dxc4 e4 b5 e5 h6 Bh4 g5 exf6 gxh4 Ne5 Mikhalchishin Line, Semi-Slav
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 e3 Nbd7 Qc2 Bd6 e4 dxe4 Nxe4 Nxe4 Qxe4 e5 dxe5 Old Variation, Semi-Slav
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 e3 Nbd7 Bd3 dxc4 Bxc4 b5 Bd3 a6 e4 c5 e5 Lilienthal Variation, Semi-Slav
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 Bg5 dxc4 e4 b5 e5 h6 Bh4 g5 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Nbd7 Larsen Variation, Semi-Slav
d4 d5 c4 e6 Nc3 Nf6 Nf3 c6 e3 Nbd7 Bd3 dxc4 Bxc4 b5 Bd3 Bb7 e4 b4 Na4 c5