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Semi-Slav Defense, Marshall Gambit, Forgotten Variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3

ECO: D31

Average Player Rating: 2288

Performance Rating: 2296

Color: white

Opening Statistics

White Win %

32.6%

Black Win %

32.6%

Draw %

34.8%

Chess Trivia

Fun fact: The first computer program to play chess was developed by Alan Turing in the 1950s.

Chess Quote

"To play for a draw, at any rate with white, is to some degree a crime against chess."

- Mikhail Tal

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