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Opening· 16 plies

Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation, Abrahams Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO D31), reached after 16 half-moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b5 8. axb5 cxb5.

Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation, Abrahams Variation ECO D31
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About this opening

Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation, Abrahams Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code D31. 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 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b5 8. axb5 cxb5.

It belongs to the Semi-Slav Defense family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Noteboom Variation → Abrahams Variation line). The immediate parent line is Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation, transitioned via 8…cxb5.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 d5, 2.c4 e6, 3.Nc3 c6, 4.Nf3 dxc4, 5.a4 Bb4, 6.e3 Bxc3+. 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.