Tree path 6 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Queen's Gambit › Queen's Gambit Declined › Queen's Knight Variation › Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order › Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game D00
- Queen's Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined D30
- Queen's Knight Variation D31
- Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order D31
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Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation
Overview
Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation is a variation within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, indexed as ECO D31.
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. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4, after 8 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
It branches into 5 notable variations — Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav, Abrahams Variation, Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav, Koomen Variation, Abrahams Variation, and others.
In total, the branch covers 6 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
- D31
- Group
- Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
- Plies
- 8
- Direct variations
- 5
- Total in subtree
- 6
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Statistics from Lichess
935,736 games · White 48.0% / Draw 4.6% / Black 47.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| a4 | 416,970 | |
| e4 | 266,468 | |
| e3 | 114,558 | |
| Bg5 | 57,788 | |
| g3 | 33,529 | |
| Bf4 | 31,213 | |
| Ne5 | 8,346 | |
| a3 | 3,329 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:55:52
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