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D10

Slav Defense: Winawer Countergambit, Anti-Winawer Gambit

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Overview

Slav Defense: Winawer Countergambit, Anti-Winawer Gambit is a gambit, classified under ECO code D10 within the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.

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 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4, after 7 plies of opening development.

It is a variation of Slav Defense: Winawer Countergambit, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

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ECO code: D10
Group: Closed & Semi-Closed Games (D)
Plies: 7
Parent: Slav Defense: Winawer Countergambit

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Statistics from Lichess

3,035 games · White 47.5% / Draw 4.5% / Black 48.0%

Moves	Games	W / D / B
dxe4	1,300
exd4	1,011
Bb4	332
dxc4	105
Nf6	105
Be6	48
f6	35
f5	32

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:42:10

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