Library/Openings/Slav Defense/Quiet Variation/Landau Variation ECO D12
Opening· 15 plies

Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Landau Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO D12), reached after 15 half-moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Bd2 e6 8. Na3.

Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Landau Variation ECO D12
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About this opening

Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Landau Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code D12. 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 15 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Bd2 e6 8. Na3.

It belongs to the Slav Defense family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Quiet Variation → Landau Variation line). The immediate parent line is Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, transitioned via 8.Na3.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 d5, 2.c4 c6, 3.Nf3 Nf6, 4.e3 Bf5, 5.cxd5 cxd5, 6.Qb3 Qc8. 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.