Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Meran Variation

D45

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6

How it went

34 ours · 1,328 masters

White wins 44% Draws 26% Black wins 30%

Continuations

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

Master games

Flores, Diego — Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 · 2016
Topalov, Veselin — Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 · 2017
Aronian, Levon — Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 · 2017
Huzman, Alexander — Kasparov, Garry 1-0 · 2003
Ponomariov, Ruslan — Topalov, Veselin 1/2-1/2 · 2006

Games in Spain

Andreikin,D (2729) — Urbina Perez,J (2266) 1-0
Vallejo Pons,F (2680) — Grandelius,N (2689) 1/2-1/2
Yuffa,D (2655) — Kobalia,M (2538) 1/2-1/2
Garriga Cazorla,Pere (2472) — Kobalia,M (2596) 1-0
Alonso Rosell,A (2570) — Bray,D (2163) 1-0
Cereijo Suarez,Alejandro (2082) — Gagunashvili,M (2556) 0-1
Gagunashvili,M (2552) — Gonzalez Moreno,J (1619) 1-0
Prado Acebo,Ines (2195) — Postny,E (2528) 0-1

This line is also written

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6
1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 e3 e6 5 Nf3 a6
d4 d5 c4 c6 Nc3 Nf6 e3 e6 Nf3 a6
d4, d5, c4, c6, Nc3, Nf6, e3, e6, Nf3, a6