Lakdawala: The Slav - Opening Repertoire OHNE BILD chess is complicated

chess is complicated

023 3) Duffer Attack (4 Ng5): Introduction and 6 d3

with thoroughly strategic and tactical explanations and is not afraid to betray some of the secrets from his own analysis lab

No wonder World Champions Boris Spassky and Garry Kasparov played this variation

now better known as the Grenke Chess Open)

Lakdawala: The Slav - Opening Repertoire OHNE BILD chess is complicatedThe Slav (1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6) is a great choice against 1 d4 for players who are after a solid position from the opening but one that also contains dynamic possibilities. The pawn on c6 guarantees Black a firm foothold in the centre but there is also the ever present possibility to capture on c4 and possibly even try to hold on to this pawn. The Slav is ideal for combining reliability with a promise for dynamic counterplay in the middlegame. In Opening