D16 · Closed · a defense for Black

Slav Defense: Smyslov Variation

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1.d4d52.c4c63.Nf3Nf64.Nc3dxc45.a4Na6

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Slav Defense: Smyslov Variation6.5k games · White to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

2.9k46%

2.3k44%

49246%

42648%

19240%

13244%

1464%

580%

475%

367%

Famous games in this line511 master games

Aronian, L. (2805) – Carlsen, M. (2877)2014½–½ Carlsen, Magnus (2776) – Wang, Yue (2739)20091–0 Kramnik, Vladimir (2775) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2735)1996½–½ Ponomariov, R. (2714) – Harikrishna, P. (2727)20141–0 Kramnik, Vladimir (2775) – Short, Nigel D (2665)19960–1 Wojtaszek, R. (2741) – Artemiev, V. (2675)20151–0 Nikolic, Predrag (2645) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2735)19960–1 Bacrot, Etienne (2695) – Zhang, Pengxiang (2644)2007½–½

Heroes of this opening Carlsen, Magnus · Ponomariov, R. · Short, Nigel D · Wojtaszek, R.

Family: Slav Defense
Category: Closed
First move: 1.d4
ECO: D16
Line: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6

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