Chessmate

Semi-Slav Defense · White

5.g3 Critical Main Line, Ng5 and Nxe6 · White (D43)

Take central space and prepare the Queen's Gambit.

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Black repertoire · ECO D43–D49

Sample line with full explanations: Classical Meran, e5 Main Line · Black.

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ECO D43

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  1. 5.g3 Critical Main Line, Ng5 and Nxe6 · WhiteSample

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O b5 8. e4 Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Ke7 13. Ne4

  2. 5.g3 Critical Main Line, Qh5-Qh6 · White

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O b5 8. e4 Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ng5 Be7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6

  3. Immediate ...b5, Ne5 and axb3 · White

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

  4. Immediate ...b5-b4, Saving the Knight · White

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. Ne5 a6 8. O-O Bb7 9. b3 b4 10. Na4 cxb3 11. axb3

  5. Closed ...Be7, Building e4 · White

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7 12. Rd1

  6. Closed ...Bd6, Nd2 and Nxc4 · White

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd2 Be7 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nb6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Rd1

  7. Closed ...Re8, Central Clarification · White

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd2 Re8 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. exd5 Bg4 13. Qb3

  8. Closed ...Bb4, Using the Bishop Pair · White

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd2 Bb4 9. e4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 e5 13. Bg2 exd4 14. cxd4

  9. Closed ...b6, Exploiting c6 · White

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd2 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8 15. c5

  10. Early ...Qe7, Central Break · White

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd2 Qe7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bc7 12. Re1 h6 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nc3

  11. Accepted 5.g3, Early ...Be7 · White

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O b5 8. e4 Be7 9. d5

  12. Early ...e5, Punishing ...Bxc3 · White

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd2 e5 9. dxe5 Bxe5 10. cxd5 Bxc3 11. dxc6 Bxd2 12. cxd7 Bxd7 13. Bxd2