The Meran for Club Players
[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2014.10.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Meran Semi-Slav"] [Black "Starting Moves"] [Result "*"] [ECO "D46"] [Annotator "Illingworth,Max"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] {This week's blog post is on the Meran Semi-Slav, which arises after the moves } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 {. The basic idea of White's setup is to play e4, exchanging the Black d5-pawn and giving White