Semi-Slav Defense

Free, unlimited analysis for every Semi-Slav Defense game you play on Chess.com or Lichess. Our opening book holds 737 catalogued positions for this family under ECO D02–D49.

D02–D49ECO codes

737Positions in book

20Named variations

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Named variations of the Semi-Slav Defense

Our opening book catalogues 20 named variations in this family. Here they all are:

Anti-Meran Gambit
Anti-Meran, Anti-Moscow Gambit
Anti-Meran, Hastings Variation
Main Line
Main Line, Bogoljubov Variation
Main Line, Chigorin Defense
Main Line, Kaidanov Gambit
Main Line, Normal Variation
Main Line, Pirc Variation
Main Line, Rabinovich Variation
Main Line, Rellstab Attack
Main Line, Romih Variation
Main Line, Rubinstein System
Main Line, Semi-Meran Variation
Main Line, Stoltz Variation
Main Line, Stoltz, Center Variation
Main Line, Stoltz, Center Variation, Mikhalchishin Line
Main Line, Stoltz, Shabalov Attack
Main Line, Stonewall Defense
Main Line, Ståhlberg Variation

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