Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation, Lilienthal 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. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3

How it went

17 ours · 343 masters

White wins 24% Draws 18% Black wins 58%

Continuations

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

Master games

Kramnik, Vladimir — Shirov, Alexei 0-1 · 2002
Kramnik, Vladimir — Anand V 1/2-1/2 · 2014
Radjabov, Teimour — Sari?, Ivan 1-0 · 2012
Kramnik, Vladimir — Piket, Jeroen 1/2-1/2 · 1998
Ding, Liren — Yu, Yangyi 1-0 · 2016

Games in Spain

Vitiugov,N (2724) — Shirov,A (2662) 1-0
Van Foreest,Jorden (2702) — Shirov,A (2681) 0-1
Ceres,Dragos (2388) — Shirov,A (2697) 1-0
Petrovic,Aleksa (2266) — Shirov,A (2695) 0-1
Csonka,B (2494) — Shirov,A (2681) 1-0
Petrovic,Aleksa (2230) — Shirov,A (2681) 1/2-1/2
Fier,A (2528) — Shirov,A (2677) 1/2-1/2
Lopez,Hen (2102) — Shirov,A (2673) 0-1

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.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3
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 Nxg5 hxg5 10 Bxg5 Nbd7 11 g3
d4 d5 c4 c6 Nf3 Nf6 Nc3 e6 Bg5 dxc4 e4 b5 e5 h6 Bh4 g5 Nxg5 hxg5 Bxg5 Nbd7 g3
d4, d5, c4, c6, Nf3, Nf6, Nc3, e6, Bg5, dxc4, e4, b5, e5, h6, Bh4, g5, Nxg5, hxg5, Bxg5, Nbd7, g3