Tree path 7 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Zukertort Variation › Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation › Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System › Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System › Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System › Rubinstein Opening: Semi-Slav Defense
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Zukertort Variation D02
- Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation D02
- Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System D04
- Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System D05
- Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System D05
- Rubinstein Opening: Semi-Slav Defense D05 you are here
Rubinstein Opening: Semi-Slav Defense
Overview
Rubinstein Opening: Semi-Slav Defense is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D05.
The Closed & Semi-Closed Games group covers closed and semi-closed games — 1.d4 systems characterised by long strategic manoeuvring rather than early tactics.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2, after 13 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Rubinstein Opening: Semi-Slav Defense.
In total, the branch covers 2 sub-variations across all depths.
Step through the moves on the interactive board below, review the live Lichess statistics, or play this position against Stockfish at one of six difficulty levels.
- ECO code
- D05
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 13
- Direct variations
- 1
- Total in subtree
- 2
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Statistics from Lichess
18,864 games · White 54.7% / Draw 5.2% / Black 40.2%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Re8 | 4,910 | |
| c5 | 4,452 | |
| b6 | 3,468 | |
| c6 | 2,478 | |
| Qe7 | 1,387 | |
| Ne4 | 839 | |
| a6 | 450 | |
| h6 | 396 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:51:14
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