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Semi-Slav Defense · Black

Classical Meran, e5 Main Line · Black (D49)

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Semi-Slav Defense · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO D43

Sample line with full explanations: 5.g3 Critical Main Line, Ng5 and Nxe6 · White.

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ECO D43–D49

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  1. Classical Meran, e5 Main Line · BlackSample

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Bb7

  2. Meran Reynolds Attack, ...c4 Counterplay · Black

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Bc2 Qc7

  3. Meran Quiet Castling, Queenside Expansion · Black

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O c5 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Ng3 cxd4 13. exd4 Bd6

  4. Meran Be2 Retreat, ...c5 Break · Black

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 Be7

  5. Anti-Meran Center, Timely ...e5 · Black

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6

  6. Anti-Meran Be2, ...c5 Liberation · Black

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7 12. Bd3 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Qe3 c5

  7. Shabalov Attack, Accepting g4 · Black

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1 Qf6 9. Rxg4 Qxf3 10. Rxg7 Nf6

  8. Anti-Meran b3, ...Rc8 X-Ray · Black

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8

  9. Moscow Variation, Bishop Pair Setup · Black

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7

  10. Moscow e4 Center, Striking with ...c5 · Black

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. O-O Qd8 11. e5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5

  11. Anti-Moscow, Holding c4 · Black

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. e5 Nd5

  12. Catalan-Style 5.g3, Keeping the Pawn · Black

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. Ne5 a6 8. O-O Bb7 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Be7

  13. Early Qd3, Queenside Tempo Play · Black

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qd3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. e4 b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5

  14. Exchange Structure, Active Development · Black

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7

  15. Early Bf4, Holding c4 · Black

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 h6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Bb7

  16. Anti-Moscow, Punishing 7.a4 · Black

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. a4 b5 8. axb5 cxb5 9. Nxb5 Qb6 10. Na3 Qxb2