Library/Openings/Slav Defense/Exchange Variation/Trifunovic Variation ECO D14
Opening· 16 plies

Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, Trifunovic Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO D14), reached after 16 half-moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4.

Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, Trifunovic Variation ECO D14
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About this opening

Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, Trifunovic Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code D14. 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. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4.

It belongs to the Slav Defense family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Exchange Variation → Trifunovic Variation line). The immediate parent line is Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, transitioned via 8…Bb4.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 d5, 2.c4 c6, 3.Nf3 Nf6, 4.cxd5 cxd5, 5.Nc3 Nc6, 6.Bf4 Bf5. 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.