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ECO D43: Semi-Slav Defense

ECO D43 is part of volume D, Closed & Semi-Closed Games. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 4 named lines under it. The shortest is Semi-Slav Defense: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6.

That position has come up in 8,627,709 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 50.9%, 5.7% were drawn and Black won 43.4%.

OpeningMovesGamesLength
Semi-Slav Defense 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 8.6M 4 moves
Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow Gambit 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 269K 6 moves
Semi-Slav Defense: Moscow Variation 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 110K 6 moves
Semi-Slav Defense: Hastings Variation 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 4,212 7 moves