Chessmate

Slav Defense

Difficulty 2/3White repertoireECO D12–D19

Main Line: Qe2 and the e4-e5 Advance (D19)

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Take space in the center and open the c1-bishop's diagonal.

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Live position

All lines in this course

ECO D12–D19

Every one of these lines is explained move by move in the app — with recall practice and spaced review.

Train this course
  1. Main Line: Qe2 and the e4-e5 AdvanceSample

    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 12. e5

  2. Sämisch Variation: Chase the Bishop with g4

    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 Ne4 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Nd6 12. Ba2 Nd7 13. Nxg6

  3. Krause Attack: Recover on c4 and Fianchetto

    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

  4. Bled Attack: Trade for the Active Bishop

    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

  5. Smyslov Variation: Build the e4 Center

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O Nb4 9. Be3 Be7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3

  6. Steiner Variation: Ne5, f3, and e4

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 Nbd7 8. Nxc4 e6 9. e4 Bb4 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Be2

  7. Chebanenko: Gain Space with c5

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 e6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3

  8. Exchange Slav: Qb3 Pressure

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O

  9. Quiet Variation: Take the Bishop Pair

    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

  10. Soultanbéieff: Recover and Meet ...c5

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1