ChessCrab.com

Semi-Slav Defense: Semi-Meran Variation

ECO D47 · 196 games · Black to move

abcdefgh87654321
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
45% White7% Draw48% Black
Open this position on the board

What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
b517890.8%Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation D47

A further 18 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

Queen's Pawn Game 1. d4Queen's Pawn Game 1... d5Queen's Gambit 2. c4Slav Defense 2... c6Slav Defense 3. Nc3Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line 5. Nf3Semi-Slav Defense: Normal Variation 5... Nbd7Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line 6. Bd3Semi-Slav Defense: Semi-Meran Variation 7. Bxc4

Other lines in this family

Meran VariationD47… 7... b5147Main LineD46…271Normal VariationD45…817Stoltz VariationD45… 6. Qc2124Main LineD45…3,362Semi-Slav DefenseD43… 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e612,072Anti-Moscow GambitD43… 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4204Botvinnik VariationD44… 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4167Botvinnik VariationD44… 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg581Accelerated Move OrderD31… 2... e6 3. Nc3 c612,974

All 15 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.