Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense (4. e3 Bf5)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5
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. It is a line of the Slav Defense. White is to move. 3 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 413 times by this move order. White won 44%, 10% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 5. Nc3 (59% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.14 (Stockfish, depth 52; best line 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6)
- ECO
- D12
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 57 | |
| 1500-1999 | 137 | |
| 2000+ | 219 | |
| All | 413 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. Nc3 | 244 (59%) | |
| 5. cxd5 | 47 (11%) | |
| 5. Bd3 | 47 (11%) | |
| 5. Qb3 | 25 (6%) | |
| 5. Be2 | 16 (4%) | |
| 5. a3 | 10 (2%) | |
| 5. Nbd2 | 6 (1%) | |
| 5. b3 | 5 (1%) |
Master games
1,019 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 38%, draw 35%, Black 27%). The strongest:
- KomodoDragon2747.00 (3582) – Stockfish2021061923 (3632) 1-0 · TCEC 21 Premier 2021 · 2021-06-24
- Stockfish2021061923 (3632) – KomodoDragon2747.00 (3582) 1-0 · TCEC 21 Premier 2021 · 2021-06-22
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2881) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2772) 1-0 · Vugar Gashimov Mem 2014 · 2014-04-21
- GM So, W. (2808) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2840) 1/2-1/2 · 79th Tata Steel GpA · 2017-01-14
- GM Teimour Radjabov (2745) – GM Levon Aronian (2813) 1/2-1/2 · Supreme Masters 2013 · 2013-05-13
Search all games of the Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- BRM1965 (2604) – GM cjota95 (2798) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
- 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
Comes from
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3
Continuations
- Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense (5. Nc3 e6) D12 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6
- Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, Schallopp Variation D13 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3
- Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Landau Variation D12 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Bd2 e6 8. Na3
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.