
This is the main selling point of the pure Slav we will solve the problem of where to place this wretched piece by developing it first, and then every other piece will fall into place (Nbd7 and Bd6 or Bb4). Here's the other counterblow in a game where Black was happy, even a move behind: This is a delicate operation, since it leaves White with a dangerous central majority for a move or ten, so you will need to restrain White's pawns in the manner of the hypermoderns. dxc4 (Czech and Meran Variations), then hits back with. e5 played now allows White to isolate the d-Pawn after 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.dxe5 a similar possibility exists after.

Black can deter or defuse this advance by making their own assault on the centre with. If you consider the pawn formation after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6, White can expand in the centre with e4. So Black has to do something about White's centre. Black can often park their pieces on natural squares in the Slav and think themselves solid, but White's centre can roll over the Black position.

Take the c-pawn.and, while White is recovering the material, get developed, maybe hit back with either. ġ The ideas behind the Slav defence 1.1 Winning with the Slav Both Slav/Semi-Slav: Grab the c-pawnĪ rodeo variation. This is a sort of bird's-eye view of the Slav, with some hints for Black about some less common lines. There is no easy route to equality in chess if there were, no-one would play the game! You can avoid all this lofty sophistication and go for solidity, but, as usual in chess, if Black declines to confront White in a theoretical line, Black must accept less than full dynamic equality. We've seen several lines contested in World Championship matches between Alekhin and Bogolyubow and Euwe other lines have been examined in Kramnik's matches (against Leko, Topalov and Anand) in recent years and, as you might imagine, the approaches have got quite sharp and sophisticated. e6, D43-D49) have a reputation for being solid, although the main lines of these systems are as sharp and bookish as any defence. The Slav (2.c6, ECO D10-D19) and Semi-Slav (.c6 with. I've been discussing a choice of defence to 1.d4 defending classically with 1.d5 can't be bad, but what to play after 2.c4?
