Slav Defense (11 part series)

Slav Defense

Opening: D11: Slav Defense
D15, D94: QGD Slav, Grunfeld
A84: Dutch defense
D30: QGD
D43: Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

Player(s): Kramnik, Huebner, Matlakov, Grigoryan, Wang Yue, Balogh, Ponomariov, Ivanchuk, Bacrot, Ivanchuk, Wang Hao, Ni Hua, Gajewski, Kempinski, Topalov, Kramnik, Le Quang Liem, Bruzon, Vallejo Pons, Coleman, Korchnoi, Fridman, Kramnik, Morozevich, Kasparov, Reis, Smejkal, Meduna, Tomashevsky, Romanov, Malakhov, Gleizerov, Gelfand, Morozevich,Hansen, Hector, Gurevich, Pavasovic, Socko, Murdzia, Aronian, Sokolov, Georgiev, Shoriv, Karpov, Timman, Kortschnoj, Zaric

The Slav Defense is one of the most solid defenses to 1 d4, and a great favorite of the world's leading players. John Watson looks at the opening from White's point of view, recommending safe but strategically rich setups against each variation. He also examines the Semi-Slav Defense, a close relative of the Slav.