Slav Defense: Slav Gambit, Alekhine Attack
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4
The Slav Defense: Slav Gambit, Alekhine Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO D10, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4. 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 1,215 times by this move order. White won 54%, 4% were drawn and Black won 42%. The most popular continuation is 4… b5 (57% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.08 (Stockfish, depth 43; best line 4… b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nb1 Ba6 7. Qc2)
- ECO
- D10
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 510 | |
| 1500-1999 | 579 | |
| 2000+ | 126 | |
| All | 1,215 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… b5 | 691 (57%) | |
| 4… Nf6 | 173 (14%) | |
| 4… e6 | 133 (11%) | |
| 4… e5 | 66 (5%) | |
| 4… Be6 | 30 (2%) | |
| 4… f6 | 21 (2%) | |
| 4… g6 | 20 (2%) | |
| 4… c5 | 18 (1%) |
Master games
273 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 40%, draw 26%, Black 34%). The strongest:
- GM Alexei Shirov (2691) – GM Nikita Vitiugov (2739) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-RUS Men 2015 · 2015-05-05
- GM Grzegorz Gajewski (2643) – GM Nikita Vitiugov (2738) 0-1 · TCh-CZE Extraliga 2014-15 · 2015-01-10
- GM Dmitry Jakovenko (2723) – GM Evgeniy Najer (2633) 1/2-1/2 · 15th ch-EUR Indiv 2014 · 2014-03-10
- GM Alexander Moiseenko (2707) – GM Michal Krasenkow (2640) 1-0 · ch-POL Rapid 2014 · 2014-04-13
- GM Levon Aronian (2813) – IM Matthias Bluebaum (2511) 1/2-1/2 · Mitropa Aronian vs Prinzen Simul · 2013-05-31
Search all games of the Slav Defense: Slav Gambit, Alekhine Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Aczgego (2593) – Humfrey_Hardyng (2657) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- archifoot (2529) – always63 (2504) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Mitichkin_Ivan (2533) – EscafandraTubular (2437) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Slav Defense (3. Nc3 dxc4) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4
More Slav Defense lines (all)
- Slav Defense (2. c4 c6) D10
- Slav Defense (2… c6 3. Nc3) D10
- Slav Defense: Diemer Gambit D10
- Slav Defense: Exchange Variation (2… c6 3. cxd5) D10
- Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, Boor 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
- Slav Defense: Modern Line (5. Bg2 g6) D11
- Slav Defense: Modern Line (5… e6 6. O-O) 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.