Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense (5. Nc3 e6)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6
The Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO D12, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6. 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 218 times by this move order. White won 43%, 7% were drawn and Black won 50%. The most popular continuation is 6. Nh4 (56% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.16 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qb3 Qb6)
- ECO
- D12
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
rn1qkb1r/pp3ppp/2p1pn2/3p1b2/2PP4/2N1PN2/PP3PPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 6- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 26 | |
| 1500-1999 | 49 | |
| 2000+ | 143 | |
| All | 218 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Nh4 | 123 (56%) | |
| 6. Bd3 | 29 (13%) | |
| 6. Be2 | 17 (8%) | |
| 6. cxd5 | 15 (7%) | |
| 6. Qb3 | 11 (5%) | |
| 6. h3 | 6 (3%) | |
| 6. a3 | 5 (2%) | |
| 6. Bd2 | 4 (2%) |
Master games
3,738 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 40%, draw 32%, Black 28%). The strongest:
- GM Fabiano Caruana (2835) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2778) 1-0 · Carlsen Inv Prelim · 2020-04-29
- GM Anish Giri (2763) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2842) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE Candidates 2020 · 2020-03-22
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2862) – GM Vladislav Artemiev (2708) 1-0 · chess.com Speed 2020 · 2020-12-03
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2790) – GM Veselin Topalov (2780) 1-0 · FIDE Candidates 2016 · 2016-03-19
- GM Liren Ding (2791) – GM Alexander Grischuk (2777) 1-0 · 11th Hainan Danzhou GM · 2020-12-04
Search all games of the Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM stairsarecool (2700) – WFM haski_2014 (2615) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- NameTheGame (2686) – theonlyoneshoo (2626) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- Legendary_1988 (2552) – tourdefra (2724) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense (4. e3 Bf5) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 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.