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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4

Black to move
1,422 games · 1924-2024
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white wins - draws - black wins %

9...c5

1,325

38.4%

35.2%

26.4%

9...b4

48.3%

32.8%

19%

9...Bb7

72.5%

9...Be7

12.5

62.5%

25%

9...Bb4

100%

9...h6

50%

9...e5

B Tot vs S Kalabar, 1926 0-1

9...Nb6

B Arkhangelsky vs J Aijala, 2008 0-1

9...c5 -0.08 (36 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 (0-1)
Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 (0-1)
Botvinnik vs Euwe, 1948 (1-0)
Karpov vs Kramnik, 1994 (1-0)
Capablanca vs Levenfish, 1935 (1-0)

DEBUT: B Blumenfeld vs A Rabinovich, 1924 (1-0)
RECENT: Khalifman vs T Valgmae, 2016 (1-0)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
D48: Semi-Slav: Meran [White] by MichaelMichael
proftkchatterjee's favorite games by proftkchatterjee
Meraner by mdijkstra

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
D48: Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran (795)
D49: Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran (624)
D47: Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (2)
D39: Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation (1)

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