Chess opening
Semi-Slav Defense: Normal VariationD45
The Semi-Slav Defense: Normal Variation is a chess opening classified under ECO code D45. It is reached after the moves:
1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d4 Nbd7
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Related lines in the Semi-Slav Defense
- Semi-Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D30)
- Semi-Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D30)
- Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order (D31)
- Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Noteboom, Stonewall Variation, Portisch Gambit (D31)
- Semi-Slav Defense: Gunderam Gambit (D31)
- Semi-Slav Defense: Marshall Gambit (D31)
- Semi-Slav Defense: Marshall Gambit, Forgotten Variation (D31)
- Semi-Slav Defense: Marshall Gambit, Main Line (D31)
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