The Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Landau Variation is a chess opening classified under ECO code D12 in the Closed & Semi-Closed Games family, arising from 1.d4 d5, including the Queen's Gambit, Slav Defense, and related systems. It is reached after 8 moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Bd2 e6 8. Na3. The resulting position leaves black to move.
Resulting Position
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Bd2 e6 8. Na3
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