Tournaments

Semi-slav

Start Date: May 30, 2008

Finish Date: Jun 2, 2009

Time Control
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Complete
# Advance
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Max Avg. Time/Move
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Biggest Upset

The semi-slav has to be the most dynamic system against 1.d4. It is and has been used by most if not all top players. Some variations can be slow and deeply positionnal while other are very tactical and lead to "fire on board", to quote Shirov.

In brief: a versatile and intense opening!