D16 Slav Defense: Alapin Variation – moves, variations, statistics

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.♘f3 ♘f6 4.♘c3 dxc4 5.a4

D16 is the opening Slav Defense: Alapin Variation of the volume D · Closed games: 9 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 4 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

1,287 games in the collections, from 1896 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2481.

White wins 44 %, draws 36 %, Black wins 20 %

Most games: Van Foreest,Jorden (24), Gretarsson, Helgi Ass (21), Reefschlaeger, Helmut (18), Taimanov, Mark E (18), Jobava,Ba (17)

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All 4 variations

Slav Defense: Alapin Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.♘f3 ♘f6 4.♘c3 dxc4 5.a4
Slav Defense: Smyslov Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.♘f3 ♘f6 4.♘c3 dxc4 5.a4 ♘a6
Slav Defense: Soultanbeieff Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.♘f3 ♘f6 4.♘c3 dxc4 5.a4 e6
Slav Defense: Steiner Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.♘f3 ♘f6 4.♘c3 dxc4 5.a4 ♗g4