Chess openings / Semi-Slav Defense
Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line
Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line (D45) starts 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3. In 7,599 games between strong players, White wins 45%, 21% are drawn and Black wins 34%; the most played move is 5…Nbd7 (81%).
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3
- ECO
- D45
- Games between strong players
- 7,599
- To move
- Black
White wins, draws and Black wins, from this position.
What strong players play next
The moves played most from this position in over-the-board broadcasts and the Lichess Elite Database, how often, and how the games ended.
| Move | Played | Results | Leads to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5…Nbd7 | 81% (6,173) | Semi-Slav Defense: Normal Variation | |
| 5…Bd6 | 6% (441) | – | |
| 5…a6 | 5% (388) | Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Meran Variation | |
| 5…Be7 | 5% (371) | – | |
| 5…Bb4 | 1% (108) | – | |
| 5…Ne4 | 1% (40) | – |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6
- Semi-Slav Defense: Normal Variation 6,391 games
- Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Meran Variation 604 games
More Semi-Slav Defense lines
- Semi-Slav Defense 14,235 games
- Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order 4,748 games
- Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation 3,174 games
- Semi-Slav Defense: Marshall Gambit 1,645 games
- Semi-Slav Defense: Semi-Meran Variation 1,629 games
- Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation 1,601 games
- Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow Gambit 1,515 games
- Semi-Slav Defense: Moscow Variation 1,358 games
- Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense 1,337 games
- Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation 1,091 games
- Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation 1,017 games
- Semi-Slav Defense: Marshall Gambit, Main Line 987 games
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