Slav Defense
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Named variations of the Slav Defense
Our opening book catalogues 53 named variations in this family. Here they all are:
- Anti-Winawer Gambit
- Diemer Gambit
- Exchange Variation
- Exchange, Symmetrical Line
- Exchange, Symmetrical, Trifunović Variation
- Modern Line
- Modern, Advance System
- Modern, Alapin Variation
- Modern, Alapin Variation, Czech Variation
- Modern, Alapin Variation, Czech, Bled Attack
- Modern, Alapin Variation, Czech, Classical System
- Modern, Alapin Variation, Czech, Classical, Dutch Variation
- Modern, Alapin Variation, Czech, Classical, Lasker Variation
- Modern, Alapin Variation, Czech, Dutch, Main Line
- Modern, Alapin Variation, Czech, Dutch, Main Line, Sämisch Variation
- Modern, Alapin Variation, Czech, Krause Attack
- Modern, Alapin Variation, Czech, Krause, Carlsbad Variation
- Modern, Alapin Variation, Czech, Krause, Carlsbad, Morozevich Variation
- Modern, Alapin Variation, Czech, Krause, Fazekas Gambit
- Modern, Alapin Variation, Czech, Krause, Wiesbaden Variation
- Modern, Alapin Variation, Czech, Krause, Wiesbaden, Sharp Line
- Modern, Alapin Variation, Smyslov Variation
- Modern, Alapin Variation, Soultanbéieff Variation
- Modern, Alapin Variation, Steiner Variation
- Modern, Alekhine Variation
- Modern, Bishop's Game
- Modern, Bonet Gambit
- Modern, Breyer Variation
- Modern, Chameleon Variation
- Modern, Chameleon, Advance System
- Modern, Exchange Variation
- Modern, Geller Gambit
- Modern, Quiet Variation
- Modern, Quiet, Pin Defense
- Modern, Quiet, Schallopp Defense
- Modern, Quiet, Schallopp, Exchange Variation
- Modern, Quiet, Schallopp, Exchange, Amsterdam Variation
- Modern, Quiet, Schallopp, Exchange, Landau Variation
- Modern, Schlechter Variation
- Modern, Süchting Variation
- Modern, Three Knights Variation
- Modern, Triangle System
- Modern, Triangle, Anti-Noteboom Gambit
- Modern, Triangle, Anti-Noteboom Variation
- Modern, Triangle, Anti-Noteboom, Belyavsky Line
- Modern, Triangle, Noteboom Variation
- Modern, Triangle, Noteboom, Abrahams Variation
- Modern, Triangle, Noteboom, Abrahams Variation with 7...a5
- Modern, Triangle, Noteboom, Junge Variation
- Modern, Triangle, Noteboom, Koomen Variation
- Modern, Two Knights Attack
- Slav Gambit, Alekhine Attack
- Winawer Countergambit
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