Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Wade Variation

D47

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7

How it went

24 ours · 1,160 masters

White wins 21% Draws 8% Black wins 71%

Continuations

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Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Wade Variation, Larsen Variation D47 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 4

Master games

Karpov, Anatoly — Kasparov, Garry 1/2-1/2 · 2004
Carlsen, Magnus — Shirov, Alexei 1-0 · 2011
Topalov, Veselin — Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 · 2006
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam — Kasparov, Garry 0-1 · 2005
Aronian, Levon — Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 · 2013

Games in Spain

Sernecki,Franciszek (2272) — Shirov,A (2693) 0-1
Sargsyan,Anna M. (2378) — Shirov,A (2681) 0-1
Acosta,Pablo Ismael (2453) — Shirov,A (2661) 0-1
Berezin,V UKR (2307) — Shirov,A (2658) 0-1
Brunner,N (2431) — Shirov,A (2649) 0-1
Garcia Cuenca,V (2375) — Moreno Trujillo,A (2503) 0-1
Guerra Mendez,J (2500) — Wu,Sibo (2113) 0-1
Ladron de Guevara Pinto,P (2446) — Luque Saiz,Andres (2312) 1/2-1/2

This line is also written

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 e3 e6 5 Nf3 Nbd7 6 Bd3 dxc4 7 Bxc4 b5 8 Bd3 Bb7
d4 d5 c4 c6 Nc3 Nf6 e3 e6 Nf3 Nbd7 Bd3 dxc4 Bxc4 b5 Bd3 Bb7
d4, d5, c4, c6, Nc3, Nf6, e3, e6, Nf3, Nbd7, Bd3, dxc4, Bxc4, b5, Bd3, Bb7