D43 is the opening Semi-Slav Defense of the volume D · Closed games: 8 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 4 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
3,389 games in the collections, from 1900 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2505.
White wins 34 %, draws 41 %, Black wins 25 %
Most games: Dreev, Alexey (88), Sveshnikov, Evgeny (78), Novikov, Igor A (73), Kuczynski, Robert (47), Kortschnoj, Viktor (42)
All 4 variations
- Semi-Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.♘f3 ♘f6 4.♘c3 e6
- Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.♘f3 ♘f6 4.♘c3 e6 5.♗g5 h6 6.♗h4
- Semi-Slav Defense: Hastings Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.♘f3 ♘f6 4.♘c3 e6 5.♗g5 h6 6.♗xf6 ♕xf6 7.♕b3
- Semi-Slav Defense: Moscow Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.♘f3 ♘f6 4.♘c3 e6 5.♗g5 h6 6.♗xf6 ♕xf6