Answers.Body: <p>It simply because</p>
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  <p>With Black advancing pawns to both e6 and c6, the opening resembles a mixture of the Orthodox Queen's Gambit Declined (QGD) and the Slav Defense.</p>
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  <p>(from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-Slav_Defense" rel="noreferrer">wikipedia</a>)</p>
  <p>If you consider that there are two components to the mainline Slav - protect the d5 pawn with c6 and then develop the light-squared bishop to f5/g4 - then the semi-Slav only shares one of these two features.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I would like to add to this. Semi Slav structures are transposed a lot from other openings. It is one of the most flexible setups for the black side.
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Body: <p>The name Semi-Slav suggests that somehow it's half of a Slav. How did this name come about? Or what does it mean? The two openings seem completely different to me due to the fate of the c8 bishop.</p>
  
Tags: <opening><slav-defense><semi-slav>
Title: Semi-Slav name origin
ThreadText: # Semi-Slav name origin
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-09-10)
  
  The name Semi-Slav suggests that somehow it's half of a Slav. How did this name come about? Or what does it mean? The two openings seem completely different to me due to the fate of the c8 bishop.
  
  **Tags:** opening, slav-defense, semi-slav
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2021-09-10. Score: 16 | Accepted answer
  
  It simply because
  
  > With Black advancing pawns to both e6 and c6, the opening resembles a mixture of the Orthodox Queen's Gambit Declined (QGD) and the Slav Defense.
  
  (from [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-Slav_Defense))
  
  If you consider that there are two components to the mainline Slav - protect the d5 pawn with c6 and then develop the light-squared bishop to f5/g4 - then the semi-Slav only shares one of these two features.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: I would like to add to this. Semi Slav structures are transposed a lot from other openings. It is one of the most flexible setups for the black side.  
  
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