The Slav
By: [by] Matthew Sadler
Edition: 1.00 edition
Series: Chess Press Opening Guides
Publisher: Everyman Chess
Published: March 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781901259001
Copyright date: 1997
Subjects: Chess; Modern fiction; Games; Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords; Games/Puzzles; Chess - Specific Strategies; Games / Chess
First sentence: The skill of preparing an opening is
frequently misunderstood: many players
(including some strong grandmasters)
believe that to play an opening
well, it is necessary to analyse a
great many variations; that no preparation
is complete without at least one
queen sacrifice and that to stop before
move 20 is akin to criminal negligence.
Notes: Includes index
Table of contents: title: Bibliography
pagenum: 8; title: Introduction
pagenum: 9; label: 1
title: The Old Main Line (3 ♘f3 ♘f6 4 ♘c3 dxc4 5 a4 ♗f6 e3 e6 7 ♗xc4 ♗b4 8 0-0): Black plays to prevent e4
pagenum: 13; label: 2
title: The Old Main Line (3 ♘f3 ♘f6 4 ♘c3 dxc4 5 a4 ♗f6 e3 e6 7 ♗xc4 ♗b4 8 0-0): Black allows e3-e4
pagenum: 27; label: 3
title: The New Main Line (3 ♘f3 ♘f6 4 ♘c3 dxc4 5 a4 ♗f5 6 ♘e5): 13 Black fights for control of e4
pagenum: 39; label: 4
title: The New Main Line (3 ♘f3 ♘f6 4 ♘c3 dxc4 5 a4 ♗f5 6 ♘e5): Black counterattacks
pagenum: 53; label: 5
title: The Smyslov Variation (3 ♘f3 ♘f6 4 ♘c3 dxc4 5 a4 ♘a6)
pagenum: 62; label: 6
title: The Bronstein Variation (3 ♘f3 ♘f6 4 ♘c3 dxc4 5 a4 ♗g4)
pagenum: 72; label: 7
title: The 4 . . . a6 Slav (3 ♘f3 ♘f6 4 ♘c3 a6): White plays 5 e3
pagenum: 87; label: 8
title: The 4 . . . a6 Slav (3 ♘f3 ♘f6 4 ♘c3 a6): Aggressive options for White
pagenum: 98; label: 9
title: The Exchange Variation (3 cxd5 cxd5)
pagenum: 108; label: 10
title: Move-Orders and Transpositions
pagenum: 118; label: 11
title: Odds and Ends
pagenum: 130; title: Index of Complete Games
pagenum: 142