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D19 Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Classical System, Main Line8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.♘f3 ♘f6 4.♘c3 dxc4 5.a4 ♗f5 6.e3 e6 7.♗xc4 ♗b4 8.O-O O-O 9.♕e2

D19 is the opening Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Classical System, Main Line of the volume D · Closed games: 17 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 3 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

1,267 games in the collections, from 1923 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2486.

White wins 32 %, draws 48 %, Black wins 19 %

Most games: Smyslov, Vassily (25), Hector, Jonny (23), Van Wely, Loek (23), Gligoric, Svetozar (19), Varga, Peter (19)

All 3 variations

  1. Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Classical System, Main Line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.♘f3 ♘f6 4.♘c3 dxc4 5.a4 ♗f5 6.e3 e6 7.♗xc4 ♗b4 8.O-O O-O 9.♕e2
  2. Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Dutch Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.♘f3 ♘f6 4.♘c3 dxc4 5.a4 ♗f5 6.e3 e6 7.♗xc4 ♗b4 8.O-O
  3. Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Dutch Variation, Sämisch Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.♘f3 ♘f6 4.♘c3 dxc4 5.a4 ♗f5 6.e3 e6 7.♗xc4 ♗b4 8.O-O O-O 9.♕e2 ♘e4 10.g4