Description
The Slav Defence is currently the most popular closed opening, appearing in the opening repertoire of the overwhelming majority of top class grandmasters. A most antagonistic chess player playing 1.d4 faces the opening in almost every tournament, and for Black it can be used in just about every second game.
“Several years I have played various different lines of the opening with both colours and analysed it both individually and in collaboration with many well-known grandmasters. Now I have decided to give the chance to anyone who feels like it to enter a grandmaster’s laboratory and see my professional perspective to various opening lines.
Measures have been taken lest the work should swell to enormous size. Textual annotations to variations and judjement are not given throughout the book but only in cases where I thought it to be critical and not too obvious. As for the rest, a conventional abridged critical system has been used.
All notable lines have been analysed in detail. Also many novelties have been presented with enclosed analyses. At the same time many weak and unnecessary moves, although in some cases with a considerable praxis, have been evaluated briefly.
I will be glad if my work turns out to be a good aid in learning the Slav Defence — an exceptionally interesting opening, rich in both strategic and tactical ideas. This book is rated for skilled chess players. The theoretical material is given as of July 2012″.
GM Peter Heine Nielsen: “As a coach of Vishy Anand in his last 4 World Championship wins I can say, this book gives an magnificent review on the Slav, an opening often played in the WCC matches and many other top events, covered by a world class theoretician!”
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