Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Wiesbaden Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6
The Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Wiesbaden Variation 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. Ne5 e6. It is a line of the Slav Defense. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 38 times by this move order. White won 53%, 5% were drawn and Black won 42%. The most popular continuation is 7. f3 (76% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.39 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 7. f3 Bg6 8. e4 c5 9. d5 exd5)
- ECO
- D17
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 5 | |
| 2000+ | 33 | |
| All | 38 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. f3 | 29 (76%) | |
| 7. Nxc4 | 5 (13%) | |
| 7. e3 | 2 (5%) | |
| 7. h3 | 1 (3%) | |
| 7. g3 | 1 (3%) |
Master games
341 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 44%, draw 28%, Black 28%). The strongest:
- GM Liren Ding (2805) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2842) 1-0 · FIDE Candidates 2020 · 2020-03-19
- GM Maxim Matlakov (2728) – GM Levon Aronian (2802) 1-0 · FIDE World Cup 2017 · 2017-09-11
- GM Liren Ding (2808) – GM Li Chao2 (2679) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-CHN DivA Standard · 2022-09-10
- GM Ivan Cheparinov (2664) – GM Anish Giri (2772) 1-0 · World Rapid 2021 · 2021-12-27
- GM Alexey Sarana (2697) – GM Alexander Grischuk (2732) 0-1 · Chessable Masters Div 3 W · 2024-02-06
Search all games of the Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Wiesbaden Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Arsenii2707 (2527) – CJ58 (2481) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- BlindMonster (2514) – pokemon_master1 (2446) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 600 + 0s
- Campeonmachin (2293) – whitewing93 (2406) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Krause Attack 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5
Continuations
- Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Wiesbaden Variation, Sharp Line D17 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
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.