About this opening
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Wade Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings,
classified under code D47. ECO group D (D00–D99)
covers closed games and semi-closed games beginning 1.d4 d5, covering the Queen's Gambit, Slav, Grünfeld and related queen-pawn structures. This particular variation is reached
after 16 half-moves from the
starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7.
It belongs to the Semi-Slav Defense family.
Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Meran Variation → Wade Variation line). The immediate parent line is Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, transitioned via 8…Bb7.
The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 d5, 2.c4 c6, 3.Nc3 Nf6, 4.e3 e6, 5.Nf3 Nbd7, 6.Bd3 dxc4. From this position exactly one named continuation is recorded in the encyclopaedia.
Use the interactive board above to walk through the moves position-by-position. Click any move in the navigation to step backwards, or use the keyboard arrow keys. The list of recorded continuations sits directly below the board. For statistical data — how often master-level players have reached this position, White's win-rate, draw frequency, Black's score — see the panel in the right column.
Caissly's coverage of D47 extends through every named sub-variation in this line and across all four locales (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian). Where editorial commentary exists for a specific variation it appears as the page body; otherwise the page presents the structural data, board, and statistics as shown here.