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Slav Defense

Quiet Variation, Amsterdam Variation

D12positionalsolid

  1. 1.d4d5
  2. 2.c4c6
  3. 3.Nf3Nf6
  4. 4.e3Bf5
  5. 5.cxd5cxd5
  6. 6.Nc3e6
  7. 7.Ne5Nfd7

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A D12 branch of the Slav's Schallopp Defense in which White's 7. Ne5 in a symmetrical exchange structure is met by 7...Nfd7, challenging the knight.

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About the Amsterdam Variation

The Amsterdam Variation arises from the Schallopp Defense when White exchanges on d5, which produces a symmetrical Exchange Slav structure with an open c-file, and then posts a knight on e5 with 7. Ne5. Black answers 7...Nfd7 and immediately contests the outpost by offering to trade the advanced knight. White's dark-squared bishop stays behind the e3 pawn, so the play centers on the c-file and on piece activity rather than on pawn breaks.

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