Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation
D481. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6
How it went
24
ours
· 425
masters
White wins 50%
Draws 21%
Black wins 29%
Continuations
This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.
Master games
- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar — Kezin, Roman 1-0 · 2017
- Aronian, Levon — Gelfand, Boris 1/2-1/2 · 2010
- L'Ami, Erwin — Ding, Liren 1/2-1/2 · 2014
- Gelfand, Boris — Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 1/2-1/2 · 2007
- Akobian, Varuzhan — Shankland, Sam 1/2-1/2 · 2019
Games in Spain
- Sorin,A (2363) — Pichot,A (2637) 0-1
- Centron Antuna,Daniel (2303) — Rasulov,Vu (2538) 0-1
- Deng,Yu Dong Michael (2028) — Henderson de La Fuente,Lance (2490) 1/2-1/2
- Deng Yu Dong Michael (2028) — Henderson de La Fuente Lance (2490) 1/2-1/2
- Karttunen,M (2489) — Jimenez Fernandez,Rebeca (2167) 1-0
- Ismail,Mohammed Aayan (2211) — Korneev,O (2485) 1/2-1/2
- Ayats Llobera,Gerard (2376) — Perez Garcia,Jo (1921) 1-0
- Garcia Ramos,Daniel (2367) — Ramasindraibe,Girard (2146) 1-0
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 a6
- 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 e3 e6 5 Nf3 Nbd7 6 Bd3 dxc4 7 Bxc4 b5 8 Bd3 a6
- d4 d5 c4 c6 Nc3 Nf6 e3 e6 Nf3 Nbd7 Bd3 dxc4 Bxc4 b5 Bd3 a6
- d4, d5, c4, c6, Nc3, Nf6, e3, e6, Nf3, Nbd7, Bd3, dxc4, Bxc4, b5, Bd3, a6