[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 *

[Date "????.??.??"] [Result "*"] [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 *

[Event "Lokales Ereignis"] [Site "Lokaler Ort"] [Date "2016.08.25"] [Round "1"] [White "PyChess.py"] [Black "gerke-michael"] [Result "*"] [ECO "C45"] [TimeControl "300 0"] [Time "14:02:00"] [WhiteClock "0:04:12.226"] [BlackClock "0:01:04.839"] [PlyCount "53"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Qe7 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Bb5 c6 9. Bd3 Be6 10. Be3 Qf6 11. Qxf6 Nxf6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Rg1 Ng4 15. Re1 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 d5 17. Rf3 Rae8 18. Nc3 d4 19. Ne2 c5 20. Bb5 Rd8 21. Nf4 Bg4 22. Rg3 Bd7 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Nh5 g6 25. Rf1 Rd6 26. Nf4 Rc8 27. e5 *

[Event "Évenement Local"] [Site "Site local"] [Date "2016.08.25"] [Round "1"] [White "andré"] [Black "PyChess.py"] [Result "*"] [TimeControl "300 0"] [Time "19:33:00"] [WhiteClock "0:02:47.643"] [BlackClock "0:04:22.856"] [PlyCount "16"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d3 e5 3. e3 Bb4 4. Ke2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Bg4 *

[Event "Experian-DA Toronto Office Chess Tournament 2016"] [Site "Toronto Office"] [Date "August 25 2016"] [Round "Finals - 3rd Place"] [White "Selvaratnam, Senthuran"] [Black "Challa, Harish"] [WhiteElo "1400"] [BlackElo "1400"] [TimeControl "30 min"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. Be2 h6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Na6 7. a3 Nc5 8. b4 Ne6 9. d3 a6 10. Bg4 Nf6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. O-O d5 13. f4 exf4 14. e5 Nd7 15. d4 Be7 16. Qh5+ Kf8 17. Rxf4+ Kg8 18. Qf7+ Kh7 19. Qxe6 c6 20. h4 Rf8 21. h5 Rxf4 22. Bxf4 Bg5 23. Qg6+ Kg8 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. h6 Qe8 26. h7+ Kh8 27. Qf5 Nb6 28. e6 Qf8 29. Qg6 Qf6 30. Qd3 Qxe6 31. Rf1 Qh6 32. a4 Qxh7 33. a5 Qxd3 34. cxd3 Nd7 35. Rf5 g4 36. Ne2 Nf6 37. Nf4 g3 38. Ng6+ Kh7 39. Rg5 Re8 40. Rxg3 Nh5 41. Rg5 Kh6 42. Rg4 Re6 43. Nf8 Re3 44. Rg6# {White mates} 1-0

[Event "indhio vs. Yandros23"] [Site " Chess.com"] [Date "Aug 25, 2016"] [White "indhio"] [Black "Yandros23"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1432"] [BlackElo "1413"] [TimeControl "1 in 0 day"] [Termination "indhio won by checkmate"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 b6 5. Be3 Bb7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Be2 Qe7 8. O-O O-O-O 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Bb5 f6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. b4 g5 14. a4 h5 15. b5 Bb7 16. a5 Bh6 17. a6 Ba8 18. c4 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Qg7 20. c5 f5 21. c6 f4 22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Nf3 Rhg8 24. g3 fxg3 25. hxg3 h4 26. Nxh4 Bf4 27. Nf5 Qg5 28. Ne7+ Qxe7 29. Rxe7 Bxg3 30. fxg3 Rxg3+ 31. Kf2 Rdg8 32. Rf7 Rg2+ 33. Ke3 R8g3+ 34. Rf3 Rg4 35. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.08.26"] [Round "?"] [White "Chigorin"] [Black "Defense"] [Result "*"] [ECO "D07"] [PlyCount "25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 {main line.} (3. Nc3 {the most dangerous line for black.} dxc4 4. Nf3 (4. d5 Ne5 5. f4 (5. Nf3 Nxf3+) 5... Nd7 6. e4 Nb6) 4... Nf6 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4) (3. c5 $6 e5 $1) (3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 e5 $1 5. e3 exd4 6. exd4) 3... Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3 e5 (6... e6 { more positional.} 7. Nc3 Qh5 (7... Qf5 8. Bd3) 8. f4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1) 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 {2 bishops vs. 2 knights. black can castle to either side.} Qd6 {the best.} 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. f4 exf4 12. e4 Nge7 13. Qf3 *