24 Bird Opening - 2/3..Bf5

24 - Updated 11 November 2025

Here I cover the Classical (..Bf5) Slav. I think White can play the typical approach of queenside fianchetto with Be2, but White has to be careful on playing d3, since ..Ng4 could be difficult to handle. I believe the most challenging for Black is for White to switch to the Christmas Tree approach. Notice in the main line that Qe2 helps White to ram in e4 break.