page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 925  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Falkbeer vs Bird 0-1 50 1856 Londen D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 2. Steinitz vs Chigorin 1-0 38 1889 Steinitz-Chigorin World Championship Match D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 3. Lasker vs D C Golmayo   1-0 52 1893 Havana m1 D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 4. Lasker vs J M Hanham   1-0 39 1893 New York D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 5. Allies vs Chigorin   0-1 58 1894 Petersburg D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 6. Pillsbury vs Albin 1-0 46 1894 New York D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 7. Steinitz vs Lasker 1-0 46 1894 Lasker-Steinitz World Championship D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 8. Blackburne vs Von Bardeleben 1-0 30 1895 Hastings (England) D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 9. Burn vs Chigorin 0-1 63 1895 Hastings (07) D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 10. Burn vs Teichmann 0-1 30 1895 Hastings (10) D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 11. Janowski vs Chigorin 0-1 42 1896 Budapest it D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 12. Pillsbury vs Winawer 1-0 21 1896 Budapest it D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 13. Janowski vs Chigorin 0-1 64 1896 Nrnberg D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 14. J N Berger vs Albin   1-0 38 1898 DSB11 Kongress D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 15. G Exner vs Charousek 0-1 35 1898 Szekes Fehervar D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 16. Pillsbury vs D G Baird   1-0 52 1898 Vienna D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 17. Schlechter vs Schiffers 1-0 41 1898 Vienna D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 18. Steinitz vs G Marco   1-0 47 1898 Vienna D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 19. Maroczy vs Chigorin   0-1 33 1899 London D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 20. Tinsley vs Maroczy   0-1 62 1899 London D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 21. Burn vs Maroczy 0-1 104 1900 Munich (Germany) D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 22. J N Berger vs Janowski   ½-½ 77 1900 R1 7/23 Munich D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 23. Schlechter vs F G Jacob   1-0 39 1900 Munich D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 24. A Hodges vs D G Baird   ½-½ 60 1900 New York D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 25. P Otto vs K Behting   0-1 29 1900 Correspondnce D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav  page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 925    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Mar-06-05    InfinityCircuit: This is an interesting opening line. The position after 6...Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 is deeply analyzed in Znosko-Borovsky's book 'How Not to Play Chess' (In all likelihood 30-40% of the book!) Here is a snippet of his ideas: The main problem for both White and Black is the development of the queen's bishop. For Black, two avenues exist: ...b6 and ...e5. ...b6 is less than satisfactory due to the blocked pawn mass on c6 and d5 that would obstruct the Bishop. Therefore ...e5 is best. He goes into a long treatise for White, and ...e4 is best there. Therefore the best moves, according to him, are as follows. 8.e4 (to activate the Bishop and put pressure in the center) 8...dxc4! (removing the Bishop from the diagonal that allows a check on the Black king) 9.Bxc4 e5 10.Bg5 Qe7 11.d5 c4 12.a4 (to stop the mass of Queenside pawns) Here both the Bishops can now be activated, and f5 and f4 for White and Black, respectively, can make admiral places for his knights. I recommend the game Znosko-Borovsky vs Mattison Hermanis K, 1926 for those interested in the continued plans of attack according to Znosko-Borovsky. Aug-04-06    gambitfan: Don't we have the wrong move order with this : 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 c6 5 e3 Nbd7 after : 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 then 3 cd ed 4 Nc3 Nf6 5 Bg5 Be7... and this is very favourable for White... The right move order seems for me to be : 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 d5 4 Nc3 c6 5 e3 Nbd7 May-27-07    refutor: is there any good "anti-meran" lines for Black? besides the slav proper i mean ;) e.g. is black forced to play 5. ...Nbd7, or is there something equally playable after 5. e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 besides 6. ...dxc4 i'm thinking about returning to the semi-slav without worrying about the meran thanks

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