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Chess Explained: the Main-Line Slav Chess Explained: The Main-Line Slav David Vigorito MAI~IBIITI First published in the UK by Gambit Publications Ltd 2009 Copyright © David Vigorito 2009 The right of David Vigorito to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accor­ dance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated in any fonn of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. ISBN-13: 978-1-906454-05-0 ISBN-IO: 1-906454-05-1 DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide (except USA): Central Books Ltd, 99 Wallis Rd, London E9 5LN, England. Tel +44 (0)20 8986 4854 Fax +44 (0)20 8533 5821. E-mail: [email protected] Gambit Publications Ltd, 99 Wallis Rd, London E9 5LN, England. E-mail: [email protected] Website (regularly updated): www.gambitbooks.com Edited by Graham Burgess Typeset by Petra Nunn Cover image by Wolff Morrow Printed by the MPG Books Group in the UK. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Gambit Publications Ltd Managing Director: Murray Chandler GM Chess Director: Dr John Nunn GM Editorial Director: Graham Burgess FM German Editor: Petra Nunn WFM Webmaster: Dr Helen Milligan WFM Contents Symbols 4 Dedication 4 Acknowledgements 4 Bibliography 4 Introduction 5 1 Dutch Variation: White Plays 9 'iWe2 8 2 Dutch Variation: White Plays 9 lDh4 29 3 Central Variation: Black Plays 6 ... lDbd7 7 lDxc4 "iIIc7 42 4 Central Variation: Black Plays 6 ... lDbd7 7 lDxc4lDb6 54 5 Central Variation: Black Plays 6 ... e6 66 6 Black Avoids 5 ... i..f5: Bronstein and Smyslov Variations 78 7 White Avoids 5 a4: The Quiet 5 e3 and the Geller Gambit 96 List of Games 109 Index of Variations 110 Symbols + check ? bad move ++ double check ?? blunder # checkmate Ch championship !! brilliant move 1-0 the game ends in a win for White good move 112-112 the game ends in a draw !? interesting move 0-1 the game ends in a win for Black ?! dubious move (D) see next diagram Dedication To my fiancee Heather Denison, for her love and support Acknowledgements I would like to thank James Rizzitano for his frequent advice, Joe Fang for his keen eye, Dean Ippolito for his boundless enthusiasm, Graham Burgess for his constructive guidance, and Dena Vigorito for being my sister. Bibliography Books Burgess: The Slav, Gambit, 2001 Cox: Starting Out; 1 d4!, Everyman, 2006 Flear: Starting Out; Slav and Semi-Slav, Everyman, 2005 Kasparov: My Great Predecessors II, Everyman, 2004 Sadler: The Slav, Chess Press, 1997 Periodicals Informator - up to Volume 100 New In Chess Magazine - up to 2008, issue 3 New In Chess Yearbook - up to Volume 86 Electronic Resources ChessBase Mega Database 2008 ChessLecture.com Chesspublishing.com The Week in Chess - up to issue no. 703 I ntrod uction I am happy to present this book, my first for Gambit, on the Main-Line Slav. The purpose of this work is to give the reader a good understanding of all of the lines arising after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 tiJf3 tiJf6 4 tiJc3 dxc4. This is not intended as a theoretical manual, although I shall delve into the com­ plicated theoretical lines when necessary, especially in the most critical and topical variations. The Main-Line Slav is a classical opening and has been played not only in several World Championship matches, but also by most of today' s top grandmasters. The list of players that have employed the Main-Line Slav includes World Champions Alekhine, Euwe, Smyslov, Petrosian, Kasparov, Kramnik, Khalifman, Ponomariov, Topalov and Anand. The list of top modem players is even more extensive: Akopian, Aronian, Bacrot, Bareev, Beliavsky, Bu Xiangzhi, Carlsen, Gel­ fand, Grishchuk, Harikrishna, Ivanchuk, Kamsky, Kasimdzhanov, Lautier, Malakhov, Moroze­ vich, Rublevsky, Sakaev, Shirov, I.Sokolov, Van Wely, Wang Yue and Yakovenko. The really amazing thing about these lists is that every player on them has played the Main-Line Slav with both colours. Not only is the Main-Line Slav undoubtedly sound, but it leads to very interesting po­ sitions. My personal interest in this opening is long-standing. The Main-Line Slav has been a mainstay of my own repertoire for over a decade, and I firmly believe that an understanding of the structures and piece-play will be the leading factor in the reader's success when employing this opening. Firstly, let's examine how we reach our standard positions. 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 (D) Sometimes White will use the tricky move­ This move defines the Slav complex. 2 ... e6 order 3ltJc3 tiJf6 4 e3. Here the desirable devel­ is also quite solid, and this move is examined opment 4 ... i..f5 runs into the annoying 5 cxd5 in James Rizzitano's Chess Explained: The cxd5 6 'ilfb3!, exploiting the weaknesses on b7 Queen's Gambit Declined. By playing 2 ... c6, and d5. Nevertheless, 4 e3 is rather committal, Black indicates his desire to develop the c8- as White has also locked in his own queen' s bishop before playing ... e6. bishop. Black has a few ways to play. He can re­ ply 4 ... e6, heading into the Semi-Slav Defence. Now that White has committed to 4 e3 there are no 5 i..g5 lines to worry about. Another option w is 4 ... a6, with a Chebanenko Slav. Again, be­ cause White has committed to 4 e3, Black has a smaller set of lines to learn. A less common al­ ternative is 4 ... g6. This hybrid of the Slav and Grtinfeld is called the Schlechter Defence. Black can also play 3 ... dxc4, giving up the centre im­ mediately. All four options are playable, and Black's choice is largely a matter of taste. Black must also be ready to face the Ex­ change Slav, 3 cxd5 cxd5. 3 ••• tiJf6 4 tiJc3 (D) Here, too, White could play 4 e3, when Black 3tiJf3 can head for a Semi-Slav with 4 ... e6 (these lines 6 CHESS EXPLAINED: THE MAIN-LINE SLAV are covered by Reinaldo Vera in Chess Ex­ plained: The Meran Semi-Slav) or stay in Slav territory with 4 ... .i.f5 (or 4 ... Ji.g4). Compared to W the line mentioned above. 5 cxdS cxdS 6 'iib3 is less dangerous because there is less pressure on the dS-pawn. so Black can defend b7 comfort- ably with 6 .. :Wic7. Once again. 4 ... a6 is a major option here too. As on the previous move, 4 cxdS cxdS is the Exchange Slav. B 5 ... ~f5 (D) Black has alternatives to this natural devel­ oping move. The Bronstein Variation, 5 ... ~g4, is rather risky, while the Smyslov Variation, 5 ... lDa6, is slightly passive. Both moves are ex­ amined in Chapter 6. W 4 ..• dxc4 One of the virtues of the Slav Defence is its flexibility. Both 4 ... e6 (the Semi-Slav), and 4 ... a6 (the Chebanenko Slav) are important options. The immediate 4 ... .i.f5?! again runs into 5 cxdS cxdS 6 'iib3. This book will concentrate on 4 ... dxc4, with which Black cedes the centre in order to de­ velop his c8-bishop. There is also the possibil­ ity of playing ... b5, making it difficult for White Now White is at a crossroads. There are two to recover the pawn on c4. main bodies of theory, and the resulting mid­ It is the position after 4 ... dxc4 (see next dia­ dlegames that arise are quite different. gram) that constitutes the Main-Line Slav. 5a4 Dutch Variation This is the most important move. By pre­ venting ... b5, White ensures that he will recover 6e3 the pawn. The solid 5 e3 also enables White to This is the classical choice. White recovers recover the pawn, but following 5 ... b5 6 a4 b4 the pawn immediately. White will have to waste time moving his knight 6 •.• e6 7 Ji.xc4 ~b4 around. The aggressive 5 e4 grabs the centre Black takes advantage of the hole on b4 cre­ immediately but this is a true gambit, as White ated by White's 5th move and hinders the ad­ will not get his pawn back. Both of these moves vance e4 at the same time. are covered in Chapter 7. 80-0 (D) INTRODUCTION 7 B B This is the starting point of the Dutch Varia­ ... eS, whereupon the play can quickly become tion. Black already has a decision to make re­ very sharp. This is examined in Chapter 3. garding his move-order: he can play either More solid is 7 ... tLlb6 8 ttJeS as, when Black 8 ... tLlbd7 or 8 ... 0-0. The difference between will usually follow up with ... e6 or ... tLlfd7, de­ them is discussed in the first two chapters of pending on White's play. This approach is cov­ the book. Against either move White will have ered in Chapter 4. to make a choice between two principled ways Black's other two methods to fight White's of fighting for the advantage: he can aim to plan begin with 6 ... e6. After 7 f3 Black can play playa quick e4 by choosing 9 'iVe2 (Chapter I) a piece sacrifice with 7 ... ~b4 8 e4 ~xe4 or else or he can try to corral Black's fS-bishop by strike in the centre with 7 ... cS. These methods playing 9 tLlh4 (Chapter 2). Both plans lead to are both discussed in Chapter S.
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