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

How it went

4 ours · 109 masters

White wins 50% Draws 0% Black wins 50%

Continuations

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

Master games

Murshed, Niaz — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 0-1 · 1985
Rychagov, A... — Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 · 2007
Sokolov, Ivan — Shirov, Alexei 1-0 · 2005
Korobov, Anton — Raja Harshit 1-0 · 2017
Gyimesi, Zoltan — Timofeev, Artyom 1/2-1/2 · 2008

Games in Spain

De Souza,Cristiano Gomes (2018) — Shirov,A (2660) 0-1
Skurikhin,D (2297) — Martin Carmona,Gaston Manuel (2326) 0-1
Rubio Mejia, Luis Ignacio (2301) — Blazquez Sanz, Oscar (2021) 1-0
Zubizarreta Riego,Mikel (2030) — Soler Bel,Josep (1916) 1-0

This line is also written

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
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
d4 d5 c4 c6 Nf3 Nf6 Nc3 e6 Bg5 dxc4 e4 b5 e5 h6 Bh4 g5 exf6 gxh4 Ne5
d4, d5, c4, c6, Nf3, Nf6, Nc3, e6, Bg5, dxc4, e4, b5, e5, h6, Bh4, g5, exf6, gxh4, Ne5