Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Amsterdam Variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 e6 7.Ne5 Nfd7

ECO D12

The Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Amsterdam Variation is a chess opening line in the Slav Defense complex, reached after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 e6 7.Ne5 Nfd7.

It is catalogued under code D12 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Nfd7 is chosen by Black on move 7.

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