D43-D49

Semi-Slav Defense

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4

About This Opening

The Semi-Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6) combines Slav and QGD ideas into one of Black's richest defenses. It can stay solid or explode into the razor-sharp Botvinnik and Anti-Moscow gambits, where theory runs past move thirty.

Famous Games

  • Kramnik vs Anand, Bonn 2008 (Games 3 & 5)