d44 but not a botwinnik
Flohr vs Stahlberg, 1934  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 39 moves, 1-0
the game that inspired botwinnik
T van Scheltinga vs Gruenfeld, 1936  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1
11.Qf3
Szabo vs Euwe, 1938  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
another 11.g3 Qa5
V Mikenas vs Botvinnik, 1944  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 0-1
The original botvinnik game
Denker vs Botvinnik, 1945  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 0-1
6.e3?!
H Steiner vs Euwe, 1948  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
material means nothing in the botwinnik
E Lundin vs Stahlberg, 1948  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 65 moves, 0-1
down material+irish pawns = win for black :)
T Schuster vs Bogoljubov, 1952  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 0-1
spassky played v. the anti-meran like a little girl with Bg3
Spassky vs Pachman, 1967  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 1-0
g3 with Rg8 deferred
Smejkal vs Timman, 1973  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
poisoned bishop :)
Tal vs A Mikhalchishin, 1978  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0
as close to perfection (for white) as you can get...
Polugaevsky vs E Torre, 1981  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 40 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs Dorfman, 1981  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 43 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs G Timoscenko, 1981  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 43 moves, 1-0
Y Anikaev vs Westerinen, 1982  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0
7.Qc2?!
K Spraggett vs J Nogueiras, 1985  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 51 moves, 0-1
Kasparov vs Miles, 1986  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 28 moves, 1-0
shaba plays ...Ba8 instead of Bxf1 and attacks up the diagonal
Yermolinsky vs Shabalov, 1986  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 0-1
Be2?! black must be winning in the final position
Spassky vs E Heyken, 1987  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Moskalenko vs Shabalov, 1990 (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
Big blunder by white
J Sharif Mohammad vs S Polgar, 1990  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 17 moves, 0-1
21.Qf3??
K Aseev vs Bagirov, 1992  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 22 moves, 0-1
tchirow rips lembit oll a new one
Shirov vs Oll, 1992  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 29 moves, 1-0
ham and egger draws kramnik! :)
D Garcia Ilundain vs Kramnik, 1992 (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
queen sac 15.dxe5
Yermolinsky vs Kaidanov, 1993  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 58 moves, 1-0
Kamsky vs Shirov, 1993  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 0-1
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
tom plays the botvinnik?
J Torres vs T O'Donnell, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 33 moves, 0-1
Kasparov vs Ivanchuk, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 39 moves, 1-0
Kamsky vs Kramnik, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0
bareev's only botwinnik
Salov vs Bareev, 1994 (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
P Cramling vs A Galliamova, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 39 moves, 1-0
Bareev vs P San Segundo Carrillo, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
strong play by tchirov
Shirov vs I Morovic Fernandez, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 40 moves, 1-0
A Beliavsky vs Shirov, 1995 (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
g3 Qa5?!
H Urday vs Granda Zuniga, 1995  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
lesiege miniaturizes polgar
A Lesiege vs S Polgar, 1995  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0
Topalov vs Kramnik, 1996  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
21.Qg7! found OTB (allegedly)
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0
K.Sadler - C.Sadler ;)
B C Addison vs J Lappage, 2001 (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
sharp game
A Lesiege vs M Khassanov, 2001 (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
shirov beats the world champion in his return to d44
Kramnik vs Shirov, 2002  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 0-1
botvinnik's exf6 Qa5 followed by ... Ba6
Yermolinsky vs S Atalik, 2002  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
21.Qg7?! with a draw
D Kuljasevic vs L Cernousek, 2002  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black's revenge against 21.Qg7?!
T Ernst vs E Hermansson, 2002  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 65 moves, 0-1
two top french players play the g3 Rg8 variation
Bacrot vs Fressinet, 2002  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 38 moves, 1-0
J L Watson vs Nakamura, 2003  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 28 moves, 0-1
shirov's revenge v. 21.Qg7
Ponomariov vs Shirov, 2003  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 42 moves, 0-1
early exf6 after ...g5
P Cramling vs G Johansson, 2003 (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
13. ... Qc7
Onischuk vs A Obodchuk, 2003 (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 0-1
can't believe 18. ... Bb7?! is better than taking the rook
I Rogers vs Stellwagen, 2003  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 0-1
is 15.d6 strong or weak?
P Nikolic vs Knaak, 2003 (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
15.d6?! not a novelty, but recently new
Sakaev vs D Mastrovasilis, 2004  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
i don't agree with 11. ...Qa5
J Rowson vs D Bryson, 2004  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 38 moves, 1-0
14. ...Bh6 15.Be3
J Werle vs L'Ami, 2005  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 39 moves, 1-0
krammy's 19. ...Bxe7 was likely stronger
Van Wely vs Smeets, 2005  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 33 moves, 1-0
Van Wely vs Shirov, 2005  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 43 moves, 0-1
ivanov's line
Z Izoria vs I Cheparinov, 2005  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 37 moves, 0-1
Kramnik vs Ehlvest, 1995  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0
interesting transposition...krammy dominates
Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2007  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 24 moves, 1-0
Mikhalevski vs I Karim, 2008 (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
Shabalov vs J Sammour-Hasbun, 1998  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 1-0
V Akobian vs Robson, 2009  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 0-1
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