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Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation

ECO D45 · 124 games · Black to move

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2
55% White5% Draw40% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Bd69173.4%

A further 33 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

Queen's Pawn Game 1. d4Queen's Pawn Game 1... d5Queen's Gambit 2. c4Slav Defense 2... c6Slav Defense 3. Nc3Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line 5. Nf3Semi-Slav Defense: Normal Variation 5... Nbd7Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation 6. Qc2

Other lines in this family

Normal VariationD45…817Main LineD46… 6. Bd3271Semi-Meran VariationD47… 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4196Meran VariationD47… 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5147Main LineD45…3,362Semi-Slav DefenseD43… 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e612,072Anti-Moscow GambitD43… 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4204Botvinnik VariationD44… 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4167Botvinnik VariationD44… 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg581Accelerated Move OrderD31… 2... e6 3. Nc3 c612,974

All 15 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.