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Semi-Slav Defense — opening family

69 catalogued lines · ECO D30–D49

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The shortest catalogued line of the family runs 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 — the position below. The continuation chips count how many catalogued lines extend this head with each next move; any branch can be explored on the interactive tree and played against the engine from there.

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Main continuations

Nf3 · 7e4 · 5e3 · 3

All 69 lines

NameECOMain line length
Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move OrderD316 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Marshall GambitD317 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Noteboom, Stonewall VariationD318 plies
Semi-Slav DefenseD438 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom VariationD318 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Noteboom, Stonewall Variation, Portisch GambitD319 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Gunderam GambitD319 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Main LineD459 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Quiet VariationD309 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation, Anti-Noteboom GambitD319 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation, Anti-Noteboom VariationD319 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Meran VariationD4510 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation, Anti-Noteboom Variation, Belyavsky LineD3110 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Normal VariationD4510 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Quiet VariationD3010 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow GambitD4311 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik VariationD4411 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Rubinstein SystemD4511 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz VariationD4511 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Main LineD4611 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Marshall Gambit, Main LineD3111 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Marshall Gambit, Forgotten VariationD3111 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Stonewall DefenseD4512 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin DefenseD4612 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Bogoljubow VariationD4612 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Romih VariationD4612 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Moscow VariationD4312 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz VariationD4513 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation, Shabalov AttackD4513 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation, Center VariationD4513 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz VariationD4513 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin DefenseD4613 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Hastings VariationD4313 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz VariationD4514 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Semi-Meran VariationD4713 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Normal VariationD4514 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran VariationD4714 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin DefenseD4615 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz VariationD4515 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Normal VariationD4515 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin DefenseD4615 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Lundin VariationD4716 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran VariationD4816 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Wade VariationD4716 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation, Abrahams VariationD3116 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik VariationD4417 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin DefenseD4617 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin DefenseD4617 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation, Alatortsev SystemD4418 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran VariationD4818 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Pirc VariationD4818 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Reynolds' VariationD4819 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Old VariationD4819 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation, Ekstrom VariationD4419 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Main LineD4619 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Marshall Gambit, Tolush VariationD3118 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin DefenseD4619 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation, Center Variation, Mikhalchishin LineD4519 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation, Lilienthal VariationD4421 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Blumenfeld VariationD4921 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation, Szabo VariationD4421 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin DefenseD4621 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Wade Variation, Larsen VariationD4722 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Rabinovich VariationD4922 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Sozin VariationD4922 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Wade Variation, Kaidanov GambitD4725 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Sozin VariationD4925 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Stahlberg VariationD4925 plies
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Rellstab AttackD4929 plies