D44 · Indian · a defense for Black
Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation, Alatortsev System
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3d54.Nc3c65.Bg5dxc46.e4b57.e5h68.Bh4g59.Nxg5Nd5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik Variation, Alatortsev System5.0k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
51%2.5k47%
29%1.5k52%
9.6%47830%
7.3%36239%
2.6%13217%
0.4%1828%
0.3%1414%
0.3%1342%
0%10%
0%10%
Famous games in this line82 master games
Nikolic, Predrag (2655) – Timman, Jan H (2630)Timman, Jan H (2600) – Ljubojevic, Ljubomir (2590)Ribli, Zoltan (2605) – Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus (2555)Gulko, Boris F (2618) – Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo (2538)Timman, Jan H (2605) – Henley, Ron W (2525)Potkin, Vladimir (2613) – Stanojoski, Zvonko (2493)Lastin, Alexander (2552) – Sveshnikov, Evgeny (2541)Eingorn, Vereslav S (2597) – Stanojoski, Zvonko (2486)Heroes of this opening Nikolic, Predrag · Timman, Jan H · Ribli, Zoltan · Gulko, Boris F
- Family
- Semi-Slav Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- D44
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 Nd5
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