D45

Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line trainer

Type a move and press Enter: e4, Nf3, O-O, or from and to squares like g1f3 (e7e8q to promote). The board is also played with the mouse.

Practise the Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line

Play White's moves of the line from memory — 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 — and the trainer plays Black's replies; "Play the other side" turns it around.

"Drill all" adds the 27 named lines that continue it, such as Semi-Slav Defense: Normal Variation, Semi-Slav Defense: Semi-Meran Variation, Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Defense, Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation, Semi-Slav Defense: Bogoljubow Variation, Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Meran Variation, Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Wade Variation.

Read about the line, its statistics on Lichess and Stockfish's evaluation on the Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line page, or pick another opening in the opening trainer.