Slav Defense

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Noun

Slav Defense (uncountable) (American spelling)

  1. A Closed Game in chess, characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6, in which black's second move is queen's bishop's pawn to the sixth rank, as a defense to the Queen's Gambit

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