Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order
Chess opening · ECO D31 · 6 half-moves
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6
The Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order is reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6. It is White's move in the position shown.
It branches from the Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation with 3… c6.
How often it is played
The Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order and its variations appeared in 0.18% of games — 5,498 of 3,000,000 rated games sampled from Lichess in September 2026. That makes it number 195 of the openings listed here.
Results
White won 52%, 4.0% were drawn and Black won 44%. These are games between players of every strength and time control, so they say how the opening does in practice rather than how sound it is.
What the engine thinks
Stockfish, at depth 18, evaluates the position at +0.46 — a small edge for White. Positive numbers favour White; see reading the evaluation bar.
Similar openings
The most-played alternatives — what else could have been chosen around the move where this opening begins.
| Opening | Moves | Share of games |
|---|---|---|
| Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 | 0.28% |
| Slav Defense | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 | 1.3% |
| Queen's Gambit Accepted | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 | 0.80% |
Main continuations
| Variation | Moves | Share of games |
|---|---|---|
| Semi-Slav Defense: Marshall Gambit | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 | 0.03% |
| Semi-Slav Defense: Noteboom Variation | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 | 0.02% |
| Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Noteboom, Stonewall Variation | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 | 0.00% |
| Semi-Slav Defense: Rubinstein System | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 | 0.00% |
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