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TheIndianAttacker

hey all. I am an expert level player looking for a good way to meet the slav defense for white. I've been playing (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4. e3) for the last few years with some good results but i don't really think it fits my style of play very good since i am more of a dynamic player rather than a positonal player but i will play positionally if needed. Thanks!

TheIndianAttacker

@uhohspaghettio and Estragon

i recentley borrowed a book from a close by chess club, the book was the slav: move by move by cyrus lakdawala and its published in 2011 so the slav theory was relatively fresh. i looked at all the chapters with 3. Nc3 especially the geller gambit and it looked like black was equalizing and doing very well in those lines. Is there any slav book for white published in the last couple years or is there any super GM's games i could look at to get some ideas? Thanks again!

MrDurdan

Yea just go to the 2010 World Chess Championships there is a few games that get into some slav lines

Game(s): 3 - Slav Defense: Weisbaden Variation D17, 5- Slav Defense D17 , 8 - Slav Defense: Czech. Wiesbaden Variation D17 

2 ties and 1 victory

TheIndianAttacker

alright thanks a lot for the help uhohspaghettio and mr.duban! I'll try the 3.Nc3 lines and see how it goes Wink

MrDurdan

Here is a pretty good video on the 2010 Championships

Game 3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4S-jWhNTrs

Game 5:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U19jx-ivgU

Game 8:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Al6xvwTQR4