The slav is a great defense, I highly recommend you watch onlinechesslessons youtube series on the slav defense, it aided me greatly. The one downside of the slav is that if white wants to draw, you can't really prevent him from doing so, but I would still recommend it, especially at the 1300-1400 level.
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Hi Kingdom_Hearts--this is a handy link that I send to people; it's written from the stance of deciding between the Slav and the Semi-Slav. But because of that it outlines the major variations of each one, with sample games and explanations of important ideas. Have at it:
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/content/slav-or-semi
Kingdom_Hearts wrote:
I'm an agressive player and about to play in an online tournament. I'd like to know everything about the Slav. Please give me all helpul, related, personal, useful information please, I'm playing players rated 1300-1400 if that helps and I already have plans for White and for Black's reply to E4. I just need something solid for D4. Thanks, -KH
Rubydave2 wrote:
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The slav is a great defense, I highly recommend you watch onlinechesslessons youtube series on the slav defense, it aided me greatly. The one downside of the slav is that if white wants to draw, you can't really prevent him from doing so, but I would still recommend it, especially at the 1300-1400 level.
I'm an agressive player and about to play in an online tournament. I'd like to know everything about the Slav. Please give me all helpul, related, personal, useful information please, I'm playing players rated 1300-1400 if that helps and I already have plans for White and for Black's reply to E4. I just need something solid for D4. Thanks, -KH