page 1 of 79; games 1-25 of 1,972  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Hafe vs S Von Freymann   0-1 19 1911 Cologne-A D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 2. Teichmann vs Rubinstein   ½-½ 27 1923 Karlsbad D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 3. H Mueller vs G Nagy   ½-½ 38 1924 Gyor D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 4. Bogoljubov vs Gruenfeld 0-1 60 1925 Baden Baden D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 5. Capablanca vs Lasker ½-½ 29 1925 Moscow D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 6. Rubinstein vs Lasker 0-1 57 1925 Moscow D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 7. Saemisch vs A Becker   ½-½ 30 1925 Breslau D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 8. Capablanca vs Alekhine ½-½ 28 1927 New York D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 9. V Berger vs G A Thomas   1-0 31 1927 London D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 10. Bogoljubov vs W Von Holzhausen   1-0 26 1928 Berlin Chess League D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 11. Reti vs Rubinstein 1-0 21 1928 Berlin D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 12. Capablanca vs Spielmann ½-½ 68 1928 Berlin D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 13. Saemisch vs W Von Holzhausen   1-0 40 1928 It Cafe Koenig D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 14. Alekhine / Bogoljubov vs Dr P 1-0 28 1929 Berlin alternating s D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 15. H Geiger vs Pirc   0-1 48 1929 Rogaska Slatina SLO D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 16. Duchamp vs L Szwarcman   ½-½ 13 1929 Paris D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 17. J Rejfir vs E R Lundin   1-0 20 1930 Hamburg ol (Men) D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 18. Bogoljubov vs Vidmar   ½-½ 65 1931 Bled D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 19. Capablanca vs Euwe ½-½ 27 1931 Capablanca - Euwe D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 20. J Rejfir vs Noteboom   1-0 37 1931 Prague ol (Men) D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 21. C Kottnauer vs Bogoljubov 1-0 32 1932 Prague clock simul D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 22. J Dobias vs Z Vecsey   1-0 22 1932 Kautsky mem D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 23. Botvinnik vs Lisitsin 1-0 30 1933 USSR Championship D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 24. Lisitsin vs Botvinnik 0-1 29 1933 USSR D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 25. J Rejfir vs E Eliskases   ½-½ 30 1933 Moravska Ostrava D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav  page 1 of 79; games 1-25 of 1,972    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Aug-27-04    afshins: chess is very beautiful for me Aug-28-04    Lawrence: <afshins>, welcome, a lot of us feel the same way. And even those of us who have no great natural talent for it still find it a fascinating game. Aug-29-04    afshins: i am breathing by chess only. Aug-13-05    bomb the bishop: Is D47 more recommendable than D49 for black? Nov-10-05    vampiero: How many of you guys play the 8. Be2 variation instead of Bd3 and whats ur history with it cause i was thinking of trying it out Aug-04-06    gambitfan: Don't we have the wrong move order with this : 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 c6 5 e3 Nbd7 after : 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 then 3 cd ed 4 Nc3 Nf6 5 Bg5 Be7... and this is very favourable for White... The right move order seems for me to be : 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 d5 4 Nc3 c6 5 e3 Nbd7 Aug-16-06    actual: <1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 then 3 cd ed 4 Nc3 Nf6 5 Bg5 Be7... and this is very favourable for White...> Isn't that a little bit of a stretch... Sep-23-07    WannaBe: I see that there is Meran variation of this opening, now the question, is Meran's first name Lemon?! Feb-16-08    get Reti: What do you all think of 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 <<b4>> 9. Ne4? I like it because it prevents white from playing e4. Feb-17-08    nescio: <get Reti> If you like it, you should play it, as long as you are not aware of a refutation. Sveshnikov seems to agree with you. Black's pawn structure is weakened, but I have looked briefly at the follwing games and I think it is quite playable: Polugaevsky vs Sveshnikov, 1973 A Zakharov vs Sveshnikov, 1976 Bagirov vs Sveshnikov, 1977 V Shalimov vs Sveshnikov, 2000 V Baikov vs Sveshnikov, 2001 G Tunik vs Sveshnikov, 2002 Y Pelletier vs Sveshnikov, 2004 Z Mamedjarova vs Sveshnikov, 2004 P Staniszewski vs Sveshnikov, 2005 F Berkes vs Sveshnikov, 2006 As you can see, Sveshnikov seems to have abondoned it for a while, but then came back to it. The fact that Mecking has also played 8...b4 is an extra recommendation and the game Reshevsky vs Mecking, 1970 points out another possibility for White: 9.Na4. Oct-17-09    deputy1: To Wannabe Merano is a place in Italy where they make glass I think they took the O off but there I may be wrong May-23-11    ZeejDonnelly: It seems that masters and amateurs participate in different language games concerning chess. They, of course, agree on the basic rules of chess -- one can't castle through check, for example. But the nebula of high chess theory seems inaccessible to those like me. GM: Ah! The Meran-Wade variation of the Semi-Slav! A: Meran-Wade? Semi-Slav? But my name is ZJ Fabianczyk and I'm Polish-American! Such is the difference in my understanding of chess, and that of brilliant theoreticians, masters, the stuff that legends are made of.

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