Queens Gambit Breakdown for Black

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Queens Gambit Breakdown for Black
Compiled by builttospill

I recommend to every chess player to learn one opening each for 1. d4 and 1. e4. I find the semi slav to be a fun answer to 1. d4. It's a sure fire way to find yourself in a sharp game that will reward the better tactical player. Are you looking for an opening that will give you a decisive game? This is it!

Look at some of the names i've featured in this list. Kramnik, Anand, Kasparov, Morozevich, Topalov -- the list goes on! You'd do well to familiarize with some of these variations, including when white brings out the bishop early to pin the knight on f6 as well as the slightly more played Bd3 which leads to the Meran variation.

What's nice about studying an opening with a color in mind is that you find that before you know it, you know the ideas of the other side as well.

I'll try to categorize these games at some point into themes of some sort, but i'll have to aquaint myself with this opening better before I can do that.

E Grivas vs Kramnik, 1992
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 0-1
J Costa vs Kramnik, 1992
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 0-1
A Graf vs Kramnik, 1992
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 0-1
J Costa vs Kramnik, 1992
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 0-1
Huebner vs Kramnik, 1996
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1
Anand vs Morozevich, 2001
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 28 moves, 0-1
Huebner vs Kasparov, 1992
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 15 moves, 0-1
N Zeliakov vs Morozevich, 2001
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 17 moves, 0-1
Korchnoi vs Petrosian, 1971
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 0-1
Van Wely vs Topalov, 2006
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 43 moves, 0-1
T Hess vs E Post, 1922
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1
Piket vs Anand, 1994
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 37 moves, 0-1
R Meessen vs Bareev, 2006
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 28 moves, 0-1
Timman vs Kasparov, 1998
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 0-1
Sasikiran vs Kasparov, 2002
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 0-1
Kazhgaleyev vs Anand, 2006
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 22 moves, 0-1
C Garcia Palermo vs Anand, 1992
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 38 moves, 0-1
P Nikolic vs Anand, 1997
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 0-1
D Yevseev vs Morozevich, 1998
(D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 44 moves, 0-1
Gelfand vs Morozevich, 2004
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 53 moves, 0-1
Topalov vs Morozevich, 2004
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 0-1
9...Nb4 10.e4 Be6
Kramnik vs Morozevich, 2001
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 61 moves, 0-1
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1996
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1
Ponomariov vs Shirov, 2003
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 42 moves, 0-1
Gelfand vs Kramnik, 1996
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 28 moves, 0-1
I Sokolov vs Morozevich, 2007
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 56 moves, 0-1
Gelfand vs Leko, 2007
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 65 moves, 0-1
R Douven vs F Kroeze, 2001
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 0-1
Khalifman vs Serper, 1994
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 31 moves, 1-0
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