Selected Openings 41 Queen’s Gambit Declined Semi-Slav Defence Botvinik Variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4

6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 ( 9.exf6 gxh4 10.Ne5 Qxf6 11.a4 b4 12.Ne4 Qf4 13.Qf3 Qxf3 14.Nxf3 Be7 15.Bxc4 Rg8 16.Bf1 Ba6 17.Rc1 Bxf1 18.Kxf1 Rg4 +) 9...hxg5 (9...Nd5 10.Nxf7 Qxh4 11.Nxh8 Bb4 12.Qd2 Qg4 13.Be2 Qxg2 14.0-0-0 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qh3 16.Rdg1 Qxc3+ 17.Qxc3 Nxc3 18.Rg8+ Kd7 19.Rg7+ Kd8 20.Kxe2 Bd7 21.Nf7+ Kc7 22.Ng6 Kb6 +-) 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 {11.g3 Rg8 12.h4 (12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.exf6 Qxf6 14.Bg2 Bb7 15.a4 0-0-0 16.axb5 cxb5 17.Bxb7+ Kxb7 18.Nxb5 Qf5 19.Nc3 Bc5 20.Ra5 Rxd4 21.Qxd4 Bxd4 22.Rxf5 exf5 23.h4 f4 24.gxf4 Rg6 25.Rh2 Rh6 26.h5 Bxc3+ ±) 12...Rxg5 13.hxg5 Nd5 14.g6 fxg6 15.Qg4 Qe7 16.Bg2 Rb8 17.Qxg6+ Qf7 18.Qg4 Bb4 19.Be4 Nf8 20.Rh7 Nxh7 21.Bg6 Rb7 22.Bxf7+ Rxf7 23.Rc1 Nf8 24.Qh5 c5 25.dxc5 Bb7 26.f4 Nd7 27.Kf1 Bxc3 28.Bxc3 ±} 11...Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qb6  { 13...Nf6 14.Bg2 Be7 ( 14...Bh6 15.Bf6 Qxf6 16.0-0 Rd8 17.Nxb5 Bxd5 18.Qa4 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qxb2 20.Qxc4 Be3 21.Rae1 ±) 15.0-0 Nxd5 16.Bxe7 Kxe7 17.Nxb5 Qa5 18.a4 a6 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Nc3 Qd8 21.Qc1 Rh5 ± ; 13...Nb6 14.dxe6 Qxd1+ 15.Rxd1 Bxh1 16.e7 a6 17.h4 Bh6 18.f4 b4 19.Rd6 Rb8 20.Nd1 Bd5 21.Ne3 Be6 22.Rxe6 fxe6 23.Bxc4 Bxg5 24.fxg5 Kf7 25.Bxa6 Nd5 26.Ng4 Nxf6 27.gxf6 Rbg8 28.Be2 Rxg4 29.Bxg4 Kxf6 + } 14.Bg2 0-0-0 15.0-0 b4 16.Na4( 16.Rb1 Qa6 17.dxe6  Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Kxf1 Qc6 20.exd8=Q+ Kxd8 21.Nd5 Rxh2 22.Kg1 Rh8 23.Qf3 Bd6 24.Rd1 Ne5 25.Qg2 c3 ±) 16...Qb5 17.a3 exd5 ( 17...Nb8 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Qd4 Nc6 20.dxc6 Rxd4 21.cxb7+ Kb8 22.Be3 e5 23.Rfe1 Bd6 24.Rec1 a5 25.Bf1 Qxb7 26.Bxd4 exd4 27.Rxc4 Qd5 28.Rc2 Qf5 29.Rc6 Rxh2 30.Rb6+ Ka7 31.Kxh2 Qxf2+ 32.Bg2 Qxg3+ =) 18. axb4 cxb4 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Qg4+ Rd7 (20...Kb8 21.Qd4 Nxa4 22.Qxa7+ Kc7 23.Rxa4 Ra8 24.Qxa8 Bxa8 25.Rxa8 c3 26.bxc3 bxc3 27.Bf4+ Kd7 28.h4 Qb7 29.Bh3+ Kc6 30.Rfa1 Kc5 + -) 21.Nxc5 {21.Qg7 Bxg7 22.fxg7 Rg8 23.Nxc5 Rxg7 24.Nxd7 ( 24.Bh3 f5 25.Bxf5 Rgf7 26.Bh3 Rh7 27.Bg4 Rhg7 28.Be6 Rge7 29.Bh3 Rh7 30.Bg4 =) 24...Qxd7 25.Rxa7 Rg6 26.Rd1 Qg4 27.Rc1 Qe2 28.Rxb7 Kxb7 29.Bxd5+ Kb8 30.Bf4+ Ka7 31.Be3+ Kb8 32.Bf4+  =} 21...Bxc5 22.Bxc5 Qxc5 23.Rfe1 Kc7 24.Re5 a5 25.Rae1 Rhd8 26.h4 Bc6 27.h5 a4 28.h6 c3 29.bxc3 b3 30.Qf4 Kb6 31.Rb1 Rh8 +  
(a)1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4?! 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.exf6  0-0-0 14.0-0 c5 15.d5 b4 16.Rb1 Qa6 (16...bxc3 17.bxc3 Qa6 18.Rxb7 Qxb7 19.dxe6 Qc7 20.e7 +-) 17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 ( 18...Ba8 19.exd8 =Q+  Kxd8 20.Ne2 Kc8 21.f3 Qxa2 22.Bf4 Bc6 23.h4 Qb3 24.Ra1 Qxd1 25.Rfxd1 Kb7 +- ) 19.Qd5! Bh6 20.Bxh6 Bd3 21.exd8 =Q+ Rxd8 22.Re1 bxc3 23.Qa8+ Nb8 24.Bf4 Qb6 ( 24...Qb7 25.Re7 Qxa8 26.Rc7# ) 25.bxc3 Bf5 26.f3!! Qb7 27.Qxb7+ Kxb7 28.g4 Bd3 ( 28...Be6 29.Rb1+ Ka8 30.Rxb8+ Rxb8 31.Bxb8 Kxb8 32.h4 Kc7 33.h5 Kc6 34.h6 Kb5 35.h7 Ka4 36.h8 =Q  Ka3 +- ) 29.Re7+ Nd7 30.Rxf7 Kc6 31.h4 a5 32.h5 Re8 33.Kf2  Bc2 34.Kg3 Bd3 35.a4 Bb1 36.g5 Rf8 +-