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Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 (D42)
1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 c5 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 e3 Nc6
7 Bd3

Number of games in database: 547
Years covered: 1932 to 2023
Overall record:
   White wins 34.4%
   Black wins 15.4%
   Draws 50.3%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Yuri Averbakh  9 games
Wolfgang Uhlmann  7 games
Miguel Najdorf  7 games
Ludek Pachman  13 games
Ivan Farago  11 games
Arthur Bisguier  8 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Keene vs Miles, 1976
Smyslov vs Ribli, 1983
Kasparov vs S Begun, 1978
Reshevsky vs Fischer, 1961
Musaiev vs M Karmov, 1979
A Bisguier vs Fischer, 1961
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 page 1 of 22; games 1-25 of 547  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Bogoljubov vs E Voellmy  ½-½311932BernD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
2. Stahlberg vs Flohr  ½-½181933Folkestone OlympiadD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
3. V Chekhover vs Levenfish 1-0231934USSR Championship 1934/35D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
4. Flohr vs Levenfish ½-½801936MoscowD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
5. N Riumin vs Levenfish 1-0351936MoscowD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
6. Najdorf vs Barcza  1-0431936BudapestD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
7. Levenfish vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky 1-0321937USSR ChampionshipD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
8. I Kan vs Levenfish  1-0511937USSR ChampionshipD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
9. Tolush vs Bondarevsky  ½-½22193811th USSR Championship SemifinalD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
10. P Romanovsky vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky 1-019193811th USSR Championship SemifinalD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
11. V Chekhover vs Bondarevsky 1-060193811th USSR Championship SemifinalD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
12. I Kan vs Levenfish  ½-½381939Leningrad / Moscow trainingD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
13. M Luckis vs V Kahn  1-0401939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-AD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
14. M Luckis vs A da Silva Rocha  ½-½301939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-AD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
15. J Gerschman vs L Palau  1-0341939Buenos AiresD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
16. P List vs W Fairhurst ½-½611946London AD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
17. Vidmar vs Kotov ½-½301946GroningenD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
18. Botvinnik vs Flohr ½-½411946GroningenD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
19. Kotov vs H Steiner 0-1721946GroningenD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
20. Najdorf vs Euwe  ½-½261947Buenos AiresD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
21. M E de Freitas vs O'Kelly 0-1221948Sao PauloD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
22. Bronstein vs Flohr ½-½161948Saltsjobaden InterzonalD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
23. Najdorf vs V Castaldi  1-0601948VeniceD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
24. Najdorf vs I A Horowitz  ½-½421948New York 1948/49D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
25. N Aratovsky vs Furman  ½-½331949URS-ch sf VilniusD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-02-06  gambitfan: I have White and my Brazilian opponent decided to play the semi-Tarrasch... I just played 6 e3... According to Chess Opening Explorer's statistics, my winning chances are relatively high... aren't they ?

1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nf3 d5
4. Nc3 c5
5. cxd5 Nxd5
6. e3

Aug-03-06  gambitfan: Petrosian vs Najdorf, 1967

Najdorf vs Tal, 1970

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