D49: Queen's Gambit Declined semi-Slav, Meran, Blumenfeld variation

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5

Queen's Gambit Declined semi-Slav, Meran, Blumenfeld variation

D49 Sub-variants:

Overview

Games on Database: 822
Last Played: May 2023
Overall score:
40.1%36.4%23.5%
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Played frequently by:

White  
Petar Trifunovic 8 games
Peter K Wells 7 games
Lubomir Ftacnik 6 games
Black  
Alexander Chernin 9 games
Marinus Kuijf 8 games
Peter Lukacs 7 games

Possible continuations:

11... axb5  400
40 % 34 % 26 %
11... Nxe5  261
40.2 % 39.5 % 20.3 %
11... Ng4  151
39.1 % 37.1 % 23.8 %
11... Bb4+  6
66.7 % 33.3 %