page 1 of 125; games 1-25 of 3,119  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Zukertort vs Steinitz 0-1 19 1886 USA D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 2. Burn vs Max Weiss   ½-½ 18 1889 USA-06.Congress New York D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 3. Burn vs J Bauer 1-0 47 1889 Amsterdam D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 4. Metger vs J Bauer   0-1 34 1889 Breslau D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 5. Max Weiss vs Bird ½-½ 45 1889 USA-06.Congress New York (29-2) D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 6. Lasker vs Mieses 1-0 30 1890 Match D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. Tarrasch vs Alapin 1-0 33 1892 Nurnberg D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 8. N Jasnogrodsky vs L Schmidt 0-1 35 1893 New York D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 9. F J Lee vs Taubenhaus   ½-½ 40 1893 New York D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 10. Lasker vs A K Robinson   1-0 35 1893 USA tour sim D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 11. S Johnston vs Marshall   1-0 65 1899 Chicago D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 12. Janowski vs Halprin   0-1 44 1900 R15 9/11 Munich D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 13. Von Bardeleben vs A M Levin   ½-½ 20 1902 Hanover D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 14. Reggio vs Maroczy   0-1 34 1903 R12 2/26 Monte Carlo D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 15. Pillsbury vs Taubenhaus 1-0 36 1903 Monte Carlo D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. A Wagner vs Spielmann 0-1 26 1903 Berlin D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 17. Reti vs Z Barasz 1-0 61 1907 Szekesfehervar D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 18. Rubinstein vs Tartakower 1-0 36 1907 Carlsbad it, CZE D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 19. Janowski vs Marshall   1-0 37 1908 Suresne m D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 20. Rubinstein vs Marshall 1-0 32 1908 tri D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 21. Rubinstein vs Marshall 1-0 25 1908 Warsaw D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. Alekhine/Blumenfeld vs Bernstein / Goncharo 0-1 38 1909 Moscow consult D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. Alekhine vs Viakhirev 1-0 25 1909 St Petersburg nt (14) D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 24. D Daniuszewski vs Viakhirev   0-1 36 1909 All Russian D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 25. D Daniuszewski vs P Romanovsky   1-0 59 1909 All Russian D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav  page 1 of 125; games 1-25 of 3,119    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Jun-04-04    rochade18: 3..dxc4, 4..b5 and the fight begins. I have often easily won an extra pawn in this position because white did not always play e3, a4 and b3 (which seem to be the moves way to get the pawn AND the advantage back). Jun-04-04    PinkPanther: That is the Abrahams-Noteboom Variaton that you're talking about, it's not really the Slav Defense. Jun-05-04    rochade18: You are right: I'ts not really the Slav Defense. But out of this (Slav-) position I always get into the <Abrahams-Noteboom Variaton>. According to the opening explorer most games of these variations are classified as D11. Jul-15-04    PaulKeres: What's the thinking behind 3. Nf3 ? I can't see any reason except just to develop Kingside, e5 is already whites with the d4 move. Jul-15-04    acirce: Yes, piece development is an important opening principle so that is basically the thinking behind it. Jul-15-04    rochade18: White plays Nf3 first because 3.Nc3 allows 3...e5! (Winawer countergambit?) Jul-15-04    acirce: <White plays Nf3 first because 3.Nc3 allows 3...e5!> What's so good about that? I think the move is 3..dxc4, used with success by Sokolov for example. It is not considered that good after 3.Nf3. Jul-15-04    rochade18: e5 is considered good if white doesn't play Nf3, though the winning percentage is always good for white. e5 is played after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3; 3.e4; 3.Nc3 or like I said in the Slav, but NEVER after 3.Nf3 Feb-08-06    foolishmovesss: Anyboy here ever run into 4) Qc2? Just curious what people are playing against it. My goal with d5,c6,e6, is to get into a noteboom slav variant. But if white plays Qc2 as move 4 it really dosent work out. I am experimenting with 4) F5 and transposing to a Dutch Stonewall. Any thoughts? Jul-26-07    BaranDuin: I have faced it once as black and played Bg4. I got a slightly worse position from the opening but eventually managed to win the game (against stronger opposition). The problem for players intending to play a mainline Slav is that they have no real alternative because there are no other moves that don't conflict with a mainline Slav setup. Oct-16-07    arnaud1959: Even in the encyclopedia i didn't find a line with 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.f3 f6 4.c3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 b4. Does it exist? At first sight it's bad for black after 6.exf6 bxc3 7.fxg7 Bxg7. But I played it against Fritz by using ideas like Qa5, Be6-d5 and progressively I corrected some tactical mistakes. Finally he won by very accurate play in the endgame without real advantage coming from the middle game. Oct-16-07    Marmot PFL: <arnaud1959> 7.Na4 Nd5 8.Bxc4 and I don't care for black at all. His queenside looks loose but i guess it's playable.

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