Chessmate

Slav Defense · Black

Classical Slav, Dutch Main Line (D18)

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Slav Defense · WhiteDifficulty 2/3

White repertoire · ECO D12–D19

Sample line with full explanations: Main Line: Qe2 and the e4-e5 Advance.

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ECO D11–D18

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  1. Classical Slav, Dutch Main LineSample

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5

  2. Krause Attack, ...g5 and Long Castling

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O

  3. Bled Attack, Accept the Bishop Trade

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 e6 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3 Bb4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 g6

  4. Geller Gambit, Keep the Extra Pawn

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5

  5. Alekhine Variation, ...b4 and ...c5

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 c5

  6. 5.g3, Fianchetto and Hold the Pawn

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Qe2 b5

  7. 5.Ne5, Secure the Queenside

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Ne5 b5 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O e6

  8. Quiet Slav, Give Up the Bishop Cleanly

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. h3 O-O

  9. Quiet Exchange, Challenge the e5 Knight

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Ne5 Nfd7

  10. Exchange Slav, Symmetrical Development

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O

  11. Exchange Slav, Strike with ...e5

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Na4 Nd7 12. a3 Rc8 13. b4 e5 14. dxe5 Ndxe5

  12. Exchange Slav, Meet Qb3 with ...Na5

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 Nh5

  13. Catalan Setup, Keep a Slav Structure

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 dxc4

  14. 4.Qc2, Gain Time for ...Bf5

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O

  15. Krause Punishment, Bxg5? and ...Nxc4

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Bxg5 Nxc4