Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Classical System

D18

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3

How it went

133 ours · 2,305 masters

White wins 41% Draws 23% Black wins 36%

Continuations

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Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Lasker Variation D18 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 Na6 1 Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Dutch Variation D19 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O 101

Master games

Topalov, Veselin — Wang, Yue 1/2-1/2 · 2009
Carlsen, Magnus — Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 · 2010
Aronian, Levon — Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 · 2010
Kramnik, Vladimir — Inarkiev, Ernesto 1/2-1/2 · 2014
Van Wely, Loek — Shirov, Alexei 1/2-1/2 · 2000

Games in Spain

Remolar Gallen,J (2305) — Jobava,Ba (2600) 0-1
Mchedlishvili,M (2570) — Vallejo Diaz,Ja (2365) 0-1
Garriga Cazorla,Pere (2472) — Holt,C (2553) 0-1
Aymerich Verdaguer,Eduard (2163) — Georgiev,Ki (2537) 0-1
Remolar Gallen,J (2305) — Mitrabha,G (2499) 0-1
Sahil,Tic (2201) — Tejedor Fuente,Enrique (2440) 1-0
Petkov,V (2438) — Mella Franco,Salvador (1493) 1-0
Garcia Padron,Jo (2397) — Ballesteros Avila,Antonio (1978) 1-0

This line is also written

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3
1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 dxc4 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3
d4 d5 c4 c6 Nf3 Nf6 Nc3 dxc4 a4 Bf5 e3
d4, d5, c4, c6, Nf3, Nf6, Nc3, dxc4, a4, Bf5, e3