Library/Openings/Semi-Slav Defense/Meran Variation/Lundin Variation ECO D47
Opening· 16 plies

Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Lundin Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO D47), reached after 16 half-moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 b4.

Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Lundin Variation ECO D47
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About this opening

Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Lundin Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code D47. ECO group D (D00–D99) covers closed games and semi-closed games beginning 1.d4 d5, covering the Queen's Gambit, Slav, Grünfeld and related queen-pawn structures. This particular variation is reached after 16 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 b4.

It belongs to the Semi-Slav Defense family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Meran Variation → Lundin Variation line). The immediate parent line is Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, transitioned via 8…b4.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 d5, 2.c4 c6, 3.Nf3 Nf6, 4.Nc3 e6, 5.e3 Nbd7, 6.Bd3 dxc4. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.