Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation

D44

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4

How it went

49 ours · 1,034 masters

White wins 29% Draws 20% Black wins 51%

Continuations

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Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation, Ekstrom Variation D44 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 4

Master games

Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime — Giri, Anish 1/2-1/2 · 2010
Dubov, Danii — Shirov, Alexei 0-1 · 2013
Stocek, J... — Shirov, Alexei 1/2-1/2 · 2017
Azmaiparashvili, Zurab — Chernin, Alexander 1-0 · 2000
Radjabov, Teimour — Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios 1-0 · 2005

Games in Spain

Salem,AR (2679) — Shirov,A (2681) 1-0
Matyunin,Maxim (2099) — Shirov,A (2668) 0-1
Barria Zuniga,D (2341) — Shirov,A (2660) 0-1
Campos Moreno,J (2409) — Magem Badals,J (2515) 1/2-1/2
Fernandez Siles,L (2218) — Czerw,D (2400) 0-1
Neagu,Roberto Florin (2241) — Cardon,H (2344) 0-1
Briand,Clara Helena (2008) — Diao,Matthew Guo (2244) 0-1
Gonzalez Argandona, Manuel (1663) — Santos Sanchez, Hugo (1540) 1-0

This line is also written

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4
1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 e6 5 Bg5 dxc4 6 e4
d4 d5 c4 c6 Nf3 Nf6 Nc3 e6 Bg5 dxc4 e4
d4, d5, c4, c6, Nf3, Nf6, Nc3, e6, Bg5, dxc4, e4