Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Bled Attack
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4
The Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Bled Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO D17, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4. It is a line of the Slav Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 17 times by this move order. White won 53%, 12% were drawn and Black won 35%. The most popular continuation is 6… e6 (53% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.13 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 6… e6 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3 Bb4 9. Bxc4)
- ECO
- D17
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 2 | |
| 2000+ | 15 | |
| All | 17 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… e6 | 9 (53%) | |
| 6… Bg4 | 3 (18%) | |
| 6… Bd7 | 2 (12%) | |
| 6… Bg6 | 2 (12%) | |
| 6… Be6 | 1 (6%) |
Master games
399 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 47%, draw 32%, Black 21%). The strongest:
- GM David Navara (2705) – GM Anish Giri (2732) 0-1 · 19th European Teams · 2013-11-14
- GM Alexander Moiseenko (2710) – GM Yue Wang (2696) 0-1 · World Cities Team KO · 2012-12-25
- GM Vladimir Fedoseev (2718) – GM Vladimir Malakhov (2686) 0-1 · 70th ch-RUS 2017 · 2017-12-09
- GM Nigel D Short (2690) – GM Nikita Vitiugov (2694) 1/2-1/2 · 11th Gibraltar Masters · 2013-01-30
- GM Alexander Moiseenko (2692) – GM Maxim Matlakov (2689) 1/2-1/2 · World Blitz 2015 · 2015-10-13
Search all games of the Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Bled Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Lumia640 (2428) – ZeruHmyz (2404) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- DVlad (2358) – CM Mistheoretical (2432) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- Ptzz (2383) – NM Chesspirate017 (2373) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Slav Defense: Czech Variation 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5
More Slav Defense lines (all)
- Slav Defense (2. c4 c6) D10
- Slav Defense (2… c6 3. Nc3) D10
- Slav Defense (3. Nc3 dxc4) D10
- Slav Defense: Diemer Gambit D10
- Slav Defense: Exchange Variation (2… c6 3. cxd5) D10
- Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, Boor Attack D10
- Slav Defense: Slav Gambit, Alekhine Attack D10
- Slav Defense: Winawer Countergambit D10
- Slav Defense: Winawer Countergambit, Anti-Winawer Gambit D10
- Slav Defense: Bonet Gambit D11
- Slav Defense: Breyer Variation D11
- Slav Defense: Modern Line (2… c6 3. Nf3) D11
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.