[Event "Famalicao op 3rd"] [Site "Famalicao"] [Date "2015.08.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Macedo, Adriano Esteves"] [Black "Santos, Antonio Pereira"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "1820"] [BlackElo "2288"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2015.08.02"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "POR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.14"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. Nbd2 Nge7 7. c4 O-O 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 d4 10. b4 Rb8 11. b5 Na5 12. Ne4 Bc7 13. Nfd2 f5 14. Ng5 Ng6 15. f4 e5 16. Bd5+ Kh8 17. e3 Qf6 18. Nxh7 1-0

[Event "Évenement Local"] [Site "Site local"] [Date "2016.08.24"] [Round "1"] [White "Vous"] [Black "hoichess"] [Result "*"] [TimeControl "300 0"] [Time "07:39:00"] [WhiteClock "0:05:00.000"] [BlackClock "0:05:00.000"] [PlyCount "1"] 1. d4 *

1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 Be7 5 Bxf6 Bxf6 6 e5 Be7 7 Nce2 c5 8 c3 Bd7 9 f4 Nc6 10 Nf3 Bh4+ 11 g3 Be7 12 Bg2 cxd4 13 cxd4 Qb6 14 Qd2 Bb4 15 Nc3 Qa6 16 a3 Ba5 17 Bf1 Qb6 18 b4 Nxb4 19 axb4 Bxb4 20 Bd3 Rc8 21 Rc1 Bb5 22 Ke2 O-O 23 Rc2 Qa6 24 Rhc1 Bc4 25 Ng5 h6 26 h4 hxg5 27 hxg5 Bxd3+ 28 Qxd3 Qxd3+ 29 Kxd3 Bxc3 30 Rxc3 Rxc3+ 31 Rxc3 g6 32 Rc7 Rb8 33 Kc3 a6 34 Kb4 Kf8 35 Kc5 Ke8 36 Kb6 Kf8 37 Ka7 Rd8 38 Kxb7 a5 39 Rc5 Rd7+ 40 Kc6 Ra7 41 Kb6 Ra8

[Event "FICS unrated standard game"] [Site "freechess.org"] [Date "2016.08.24"] [Round "1"] [White "lucadix (U)"] [Black "Mauriccio (1850)"] [Result "*"] [ECO "A00"] [BlackElo "1850"] [TimeControl "900 10"] [Time "18:04:00"] [WhiteClock "0:10:33.316"] [BlackClock "0:04:51.829"] [PlyCount "85"] 1. a3 e5 2. g3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. b4 Nc6 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Nb5 Bf5 7. Bxe5 Nxe5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bg2 a6 10. d3 axb5 11. Ne5 Nd4 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. c3 Nc6 14. Bf3 d4 15. c4 bxc4 16. Bd5 Nxd5 17. dxc4 Nc3 18. Rc1 Nxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxa3 20. Rd2 Ra1 21. Rd1 Bxb4 22. Kf1 Rxd1 23. Kg2 Be4 24. f3 Rxh1 25. Kxh1 Bf5 26. Kg2 Qg5 27. h3 Ra8 28. g4 Bc2 29. Kg3 Bd6 30. f4 Qxf4 31. Kh4 Qf2 32. Kg5 Qxe2 33. c5 Bxc5 34. h4 h6 35. Kh5 Qe5 36. g5 Qxg5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Kxg5 d3 39. Kf4 d2 40. Kg5 d1=Q 41. Kf4 Qg1 42. Kf3 Qf2 43. Kg4 *

[Event "Локальный турнир"] [Site "Локальное место"] [Date "2016.08.24"] [Round "1"] [White "fairymax"] [Black "Adm"] [Result "0-1"] [TimeControl "300 0"] [Time "22:06:00"] [WhiteClock "0:03:40.132"] [BlackClock "0:03:44.663"] [PlyCount "36"] 1. d4 d5 2. Be3 h6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Qd2 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Nf6 7. f4 Ne4 8. Qb3 b6 9. O-O-O a5 10. Nf3 f6 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Bd7 13. f5 O-O 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe6 Bxe6 16. Qxe6 Kh8 17. Qxe4 Ra7 18. Qa8 Rxa8 0-1

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Semi-Slav"] [Black "Meran variation"] [Result "*"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {better to play c6 first, as if cxd5, your c8 bishop is still open.} 3. Nc3 {or Nf3.} (3. cxd5 cxd5 {exchange Slav.} 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 {nothing special.}) 3... Nf6 {} 4. Nf3 {} e6 {the classical position.} 5. e3 {Meran variation.} Nbd7 {Not Be7.} 6. Bd3 dxc4 {} 7. Bxc4 {} b5 {} 8. Bd3 {} a6 {or Bb7.} 9. e4 {main line.} (9. O-O) 9... c5 {} 10. e5 {} cxd4 {} 11. Nxb5 {} axb5 {} 12. exf6 {} gxf6 {} (12... Nxf6 {?} 13. Bxb5+) 13. O-O {} Qb6 {good game for black.} *

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {better to play c6 first, as if cxd5, your c8 bishop is still open.} 3. Nc3 {or Nf3.} (3. cxd5 cxd5 {exchange Slav.} 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 {nothing special.}) 3... Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 {the classical position.} 5. e3 {Meran variation.} Nbd7 {Not Be7.} 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 {or Bb7.} 9. e4 {main line.} (9. O-O {most people play this.} Bb7 10. e4 c5 11. dxc5 {?} (11. e5 cxd4) (11. d5 11... c4 {not exd5.}) 11... Nxc5) 9... c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 (12... Nxf6 {?} 13. Bxb5+) 13. O-O Qb6 {good game for black.} *

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Semi-Slav"] [Black "Meran variation"] [Result "*"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {better to play c6 first, as if cxd5, your c8 bishop is still open.} 3. Nc3 {or Nf3.} (3. cxd5 cxd5 {exchange Slav.} 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 {nothing special.}) 3... Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 {the classical position.} 5. e3 {Meran variation.} Nbd7 {Not Be7.} 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 {or Bb7.} 9. e4 {main line.} (9. O-O {most people play this.} Bb7 10. e4 c5 11. dxc5 {?} (11. e5 cxd4) (11. d5 11... c4 {not exd5.}) 11... Nxc5) 9... c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 (12... Nxf6 {?} 13. Bxb5+) 13. O-O Qb6 {good game for black.} *

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Semi-Slav"] [Black "Bg5 line"] [Result "*"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 (8... b6) 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 {or Qc2.} c5 (11... Bb7) *

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Semi-Slav"] [Black "dxc4 right away"] [Result "*"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 {to stop b5.} (5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4 {transposition.}) 5... Bb4 6. e3 {e4 is worse as the pawn may become weak.} b5 7. Bd2 (7. Be2 $6 Bb7 {and you keep the pawn.} 8. Bd2 a6 9. O-O Nf6) 7... a5 {! important move. you can't save the pawn, but you want to have b4 later.} 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 (10... b4 {??} 11. Bxb4) (10... cxb3 {??} 11. Bxb5+) 11. bxc4 b4 {!} 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 {original position, where each side has passed pawns.} (13. c5) 13... Nbd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Re1 {prepares e4.} Re8 16. e4 e5 {!} 17. dxe5 Ng4 *