Chebanenko Slav Defence /aka Chameleon/ is now very popular between players who want a flexibile position against 1.d4, or want desorienting White opponent if he knows only the main line games (e.g.1.d4)  . Reason of move 4. ..a6 of Black is wide ability of next moves while White still does not know, which variation Black wants to play.  It is about a transposition between variations while anything can happen when White does not await. Play 1.d4 d5, 2.c4 c6, 3.Nc3 Nf6, 4.Nf3 a6 and see how other professional players played it in 7,990 games in total.

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Opening Name	ECO CODE	# of games played	PDF Free Report to download	Download CBV, SCID, PGN (premiere membership)
Chebanenko-Slav	D15	7,990	Chebanenko-Slav PDF 135.53 Kb