Open play with a cheeky finish. [Meran Nd4, ....0-0-0]
Lautier vs Gelfand, 1996  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
[Meran Nd4]
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1996  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1
Shirov's defence against Ng5 [Meran Ng5]
Kamsky vs Shirov, 1994 (D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karpov at his peak torments young Kramnik. [Meran Ng5]
Karpov vs Kramnik, 1994  (D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 40 moves, 1-0
Brilliant defending against a sharp attack [Meran 9. e4]
J Piket vs Kramnik, 1993 (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chaos! [Botvinnik main, 16 Rb1]
Topalov vs Kramnik, 1996  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
Queen sacrifice [Botvinnik main, 16 Na4]
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0
THE classic Botvinnik system game (Sadler). [13 ...Nb6]
Polugaevsky vs E Torre, 1981  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 40 moves, 1-0
Attack over the whole board [Botvinnik 13 ...Nxf6, 14 ...Bh6]
Kasparov vs Ivanchuk, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 39 moves, 1-0
A nice treatment of the Moscow Variation
Ehlvest vs Kharlov, 1995 (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 62 moves, 1-0
Kramnik's answer to the Shabalov Gambit
Gelfand vs Kramnik, 1996  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 28 moves, 0-1
Topalov vs Kramnik, 1997  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 33 moves, 0-1
[Meran 8 Be2 b4]
P K Wells vs Y Habu, 2005  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 28 moves, 0-1
[Meran, 8 ...a6]
E Epp vs W Kelleher, 2001  (D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 35 moves, 0-1
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 47 moves, 1-0
Shabalov gambit with ...f5
Aronian vs H Stefansson, 2004  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 40 moves, 1-0
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