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Morphy's Night at the Opera | Tactics Time!

Jonathan Schrantz analyzes the Botvinnik variation if the Semi-Slav Defense, with the most popular continuation, 16. Na4. See games from Alexei Shirov and Magnus Carlsen.

2017.01.23
Loek van Wely vs Alexey Shirov, 13th Amber Blindfold (2004): D44 Queen's Gambit Declined semi-Slav, anti-Meran, Lilienthal variation
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1282112
Vassily Ivanchuk vs Alexey Shirov, Hoogovens (1996): D44 Queen's Gambit Declined semi-Slav, anti-Meran, Lilienthal variation
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1060750
Magnus Carlsen vs Jan Smeets, Corus (2010): D44 Queen's Gambit Declined semi-Slav, anti-Meran, Lilienthal variation
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1569703