Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, Trifunovic Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4
The Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, Trifunovic Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D14, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4. It is a line of the Slav Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 3 times by this move order. White won 100%, 0% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 9. Bb5 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 9. Ne5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O)
- ECO
- D14
- Moves
- 16 plies
- FEN
r2qk2r/pp3ppp/2n1pn2/3p1b2/1b1P1B2/1QN1PN2/PP3PPP/R3KB1R w KQkq - 2 9- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 2 | |
| All | 3 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 9. Bb5 | 3 (100%) |
Master games
58 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 29%, draw 62%, Black 9%). The strongest:
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2853) – GM Anish Giri (2768) 1/2-1/2 · Superbet Blitz 2023 · 2023-05-25
- GM Benjamin Bok (2620) – GM Alexander Grischuk (2732) 0-1 · Chessable Play-In Match D2 · 2024-02-01
- GM Samuel Sevian (2642) – GM Rauf Mamedov (2701) 1/2-1/2 · 12th World Teams 2019 · 2019-03-09
- GM Abhijeet Gupta (2629) – GM Alexei Shirov (2668) 1/2-1/2 · Canadian Open 2023 · 2023-07-27
- GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov (2629) – GM Alexei Shirov (2631) 1-0 · TCh-ESP Div Honor 2018 · 2018-08-12
Highest-rated Lichess games
- GM rhungaski (2669) – behrooz10000 (2605) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
- TBCR (2274) – chessenthusiastagar (1935) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 1200 + 10s
- popopo2024 (1953) – alpha9013 (1874) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 300 + 3s
Comes from
Slav Defense: Exchange Variation (4. cxd5 cxd5) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5
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.