Semi-Slav Defense: Hastings Variation

D43

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3

How it went

8 ours · 246 masters

White wins 38% Draws 0% Black wins 62%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Aronian, Levon — Leko, Peter 1-0 · 2014
Aronian, Levon — Fedoseev, Vl3 1/2-1/2 · 2017
Belov, Vl — Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 · 2015
Aronian, Levon — Ding, Liren 1-0 · 2017
Aronian, Levon — Giri, A... 1/2-1/2 · 2016

Games in Spain

Barria Zuniga,D (2341) — Shirov,A (2665) 0-1
Paduano,Claudio (2248) — Shirov,A (2648) 0-1
Barria Zuniga,D (2341) — Shirov,A (2648) 0-1
Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2575) — Sivanandan,Bodhana (2366) 1-0
Krysa,L (2544) — Garcia Ramos,Daniel (2380) 1-0
Rosenberg,E (2125) — Garcia Ramos,Daniel (2408) 0-1
Zakaryan,David (2299) — Ponce Cano,Adrian (2210) 0-1
Prieto Aranguren,A (2272) — Harish,Neeraj (2075) 1-0

This line is also written

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3
1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 e6 5 Bg5 h6 6 Bxf6 Qxf6 7 Qb3
d4 d5 c4 c6 Nf3 Nf6 Nc3 e6 Bg5 h6 Bxf6 Qxf6 Qb3
d4, d5, c4, c6, Nf3, Nf6, Nc3, e6, Bg5, h6, Bxf6, Qxf6, Qb3