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Part II: Slav Structures Ch 6 - Early Deviations - (Black delays or avoids 3...Nf6)c) 3...e6 (with & without ...f5) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 f5 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.b3 Nbd7 9.Bb2 Qe8 10.e4 dxe4 11.dxe4 f4 12.gxf4 Nh5 13.Ne2 Nxf4 14.Nxf4 Rxf4 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Rf7 17.Qg4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 17 moves ------------------------------------------------------------------

Part II: Slav Structures Ch 6 - Early Deviations - (Black delays or avoids 3...Nf6)b) 3...dxc4 pg 122 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.f3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.g3 dxc4 4.Bg2 Nd7 A) 4...Nf6 next chapter B) 4...b5 5.a4 Bb7 C) 4...g6 5.Na3 C1) 5... Delchev vs Kostic C2) 5... C3) 5...5.Na3 Nb6 Nepomniachtchi vs JobavaJones vs Jobava6.Qc2 Qd5 7.b3 cxb3 8.axb3 Be6 Nikcevic vs Bartha 9.b4 Nf6 10.O-O Qb3 11.b5 Qxc2 12.Nxc2 cxb5 13.Ncd4 Bd7 14.Ne5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 14 moves ------------------------------------------------------------------

Part II: Slav Structures Ch 6 - Early Deviations - (Black delays or avoids 3...Nf6)a) pg 117 3...Bf5 & 3...g6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.g3 g6 4.Qa4 d4 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d3 e5 7.O-O Ne7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.b4 Nd7 10.Bb2 Khairullin vs Svane [CT] [CB] ------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 moves ------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------ Part V: Other systems ------------------------------------------------------------ 1.f3 Chapter 15 - The Hedgehog a) 5th and 6th moves alternatives b) 8...Nc6 c) 8...0-0 9.Rd1 Qc8 d) 8...0-0 9.Rd1 d6 e) 8...d6 9.Rd1 --, 9...a6 10.b3 Nbd7 11.e4 Qb8, 11...Qc7 f) 8...d6 9.Rd1 a6 10.b3 Nbd7 11.e4 0-0 g) 8...d6 9.Rd1 a6 10.b3 Nbd7 11.e4 Qc8Chapter 16 - The Romanishin a) 4.--, 4.Bg2 --, 4...b5 5.b3 c5 b) 4.Bg2 b5 5.b3 Bb7Chapter 17 - The anti King's Indian Defence a) 4...--, 4...0-0 5.g3 --, 5...d6 6.d4 b) 4...0-0 5.g3 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Bg2 --, 7...e5Chapter 18 - The anti Grunfeld Defence a) 3...--, 3...d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Be6 b) 3...d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Bf4 --, 7...Be6 8.Qa3 c) 3...d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Bf4 Be6 8.Qa3 c5Chapter 19 - The Dutch Defence a) 2...d5, 2...Nf6 b) 2...d6 3.e4 g6, 3...e5 4.Nc3 c5 c) 2...d6 3.e4 e5 4.Nc3 Nf6 d) 2...d6 3.e4 e5 4.Nc3 Nc6 e) 2...Nc6!Chapter 20 - Various 1st moves a) 1...-- b) 1...b5 c) 1...b6 d) 1...Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.g3 --, 3...Bf5 4.Bg2 Nf6 e) 1...Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 Nb4 f) 1...Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.g3 Bg4 ------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------ Part IV: Symmetrical English ------------------------------------------------------------ 1.f3 d5 2.c4 Chapter 13 - Sidelines without ...Nf6 & Botvinnik a) 2.--, 2.c4 -- b) 4...e4 c) 4...d6 5.Nc3 d) 4...d6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.d3 Nge7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O -- e) 4...d6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.d3 Nge7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O h6Chapter 14 - Every system with 2...Nf6 a) 3...--, 3...b6 b) 3...d5 c) 3...Nc6 4.Bb2 -- d) 3...Nc6 4.Bb2 d5 e) 3...g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 --, 5...b6 f) 3...g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O g) 3...g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.d4 h) 3...g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Nc3 i) 3...g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Nc3 Qa5 ------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------ Part III: 1...d5 - Other Variations ------------------------------------------------------------ 1.f3 d5 2.c4 Chapter 10 - QGA-like 2...dxc4 a) 3.--, 3.e3 b) 3.e3 Nc6 c) 3.e3 c5 4.Bxc4 Nf6 5.O-O e6 6.Qe2 -- d) 3.e3 c5 4.Bxc4 Nf6 5.O-O e6 6.Qe2 a6 7.Rd1 Nc6 e) 3.e3 c5 4.Bxc4 Nf6 5.O-O e6 6.Qe2 a6 7.Rd1 b5 f) 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.O-O a6Chapter 11 - Advance Variation 2...d4 (3.b4--) a) 3.--, 3.b4 a5 b) 3.--, 3.b4 c5 c) 3.b4 Bg4 4.Qb3 -- d) 3.b4 Bg4 4.Qb3 Nc6 & 4...Nf6 e) 3.b4 g6 f) 3.b4 g5Chapter 12 - Advance Variation 2...d4 (3.b4 f6) a) 4th move alternatives for Black b) 5th move alternatives for Black c) 6.-- alternatives, 6...Nc6 d) 6...Qd7 7.Bb5 c6 8.Bc4 -- e) 6...Qd7 7.Bb5 c6 8.Bc4 dxe3 f) 6...Bd7 7.b5 Bxc5 8.Bc4 --, 8...Ne7 9.exd4 exd4 10.Ba3 Bxa3 g) 6...Bd7 7.b5 Bxc5 8.Bc4 Ne7 9.exd4 exd4 10.Ba3 Na6 ------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------ Part II: Slav Structures ------------------------------------------------------------ 1.f3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.g3 Chapter 6 - Early Deviations - (Black delays or avoids 3...Nf6) a) 3...Bf5 & 3...g6 b) 3...dxc4 c) 3...e6 (with & without ...f5) d) 3...Bg4 4.Bg2 --, 4...e6 5.Qb3 e) 3...Bg4 4.Bg2 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O --, 6...Nf6 7.d3 Nbd7 8.Nc3 -- f) 3...Bg4 4.Bg2 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Be7 g) 3...Bg4 4.Bg2 e6 5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 cxd5Chapter 7 - Various 4th moves a) 4...Nbd7 b) 4...g6 c) 4...Bf5 5.--, 5.Qb3 d) 4...Bf5 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.d3 e) 4...Bf5 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.d3 e6 f) 4...Bg4Chapter 8 - 4...dxc4 a) 5...-- b) 5...Be6 c) 5...Bf5 d) 5...Nbd7 6.Na3 Nb6 7.Qc2 e) 5...Nbd7 6.Na3 Nb6 7.Qc2 Be6 8.Ng5 & 8.Ne5 f) 5...Nbd7 6.Na3 Nb6 7.Qc2 Be6 8.Ng5 Qd4Chapter 9 - Semi-Slav 4...e6 a) 5...-- b) 5...Bd6 c) 5...Be7 ------------------------------------------------------------

Part I: Neo Catalan Ch 5 - Main line of Neo-Catalan 6.b3e) pg 105 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.f3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 6...c5 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.e3 b6 9.Nc3 Bb7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 Kramnik vs JonesAkopian vs IakemovVitiugov vs Frolyanov 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 Demuth vs Kundt 12.d4 Rad8 Pigusov vs DzubanLoeschnauer vs Kirchshofer 13.Ne5 Qd6 Kramnik vs EzatMorozevich vs Bologan 14.dxc5 Qxc5 15.Nd7 Flores vs Hoffman 15...Qf5 16.e4 Qg5 17.h4 Qh6 18.Bc1 g5 19.hxg5 Qg7 Malakhov vs Savchenko 20.e5 Kh8 21.Bf4 Bxg5 22.Bxg5 Qxg5 23.Nxf8 Rxd1 24.Raxd1Miroshnichenko vs Nakhbayeva------------------------------------------------------------------ 24 moves ------------------------------------------------------------------

Part I: Neo Catalan Ch 5 - Main line of Neo-Catalan 6.b3d) 6...c5 7.b2 c6 8.e3 --, 8...b6 9.c3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.f3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.e3 b6 9.Nc3 dxc4 10.bxc4 Bb7 11.Qe2 a6 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.Rab1 Rab8 14.Ba1 Rfd815.d3 Ba8 16.Ne1 Na7 17.Bxa8 Rxa8 18.g4 Rab8 19.g5 Ne8 20.h4 b5 21.Qg4 bxc4 22.Rxb8 Qxb8 23.Qxc4 Nb5 24.Ne4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 24 moves ------------------------------------------------------------------

Part I: Neo Catalan Ch 5 - Main line of Neo-Catalan 6.b3c) 6...b6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.f3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 b6 7.Bb2 Bb7 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Nc3 c5 10.Qe2 Rc8 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.Nh4 dxc4 13.bxc4 Bxg2 14.Nxg2 Nb8 15.f4 Nc6 16.g4 Rfd8 17.d3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 17 moves ------------------------------------------------------------------

Part I: Neo Catalan Ch 5 - Main line of Neo-Catalan 6.b3b) 6...d4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.f3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 d4 7.e3 c5 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.exd4 cxd4 10.Re1 Ne8 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Rxe5 f6 13.Re1 e5 14.Ba3 Bxa3 15.Nxa3 Nc7 16.Qe2 Kh8 17.c5 Ne6 18.Rac1 Qa5 19.Nb5 Qxa2 20.Nd6 Qxb3 21.f4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 21 moves ------------------------------------------------------------------

Part I: Neo Catalan Ch 5 - Main line of Neo-Catalan 6.b3a) 6...a5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.f3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 a5 7.Nc3 d4 8.Nb5 c5 9.Ne5 Ra6 10.e3 Nc6 11.exd4 cxd4 12.Re1 Nxe5 13.Rxe5 Nd7 14.Re1 e5 15.d3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 15 moves ------------------------------------------------------------------

Part I: Neo Catalan Ch 4 - Tarrasch Defence & systems including ...c5e) 9...xc5 10.a3 e4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.f3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.a3 Ne4 11.Nxd5 Be6 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Rad8 15.Re1 Na5 16.a4 Nb3 17.Rb1 b6 18.e3 Rfe8 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.cxd4 Bf5 21.e4 Bxd4 22.Bg5 f6 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.exf5 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 25 moves ------------------------------------------------------------------

Part I: Neo Catalan Ch 4 - Tarrasch Defence & systems including ...c5d) 9...xc5 10.a3 e8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.f3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.a3 Re8 11.b4 Bb6 12.Bb2 Bg4 13.Rc1 h6 14.Na4 Qe715.Nxb6 axb6 16.Re1 Rad8 17.Qd3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Ne5 19.Qf4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 19 moves ------------------------------------------------------------------

Part I: Neo Catalan Ch 4 - Tarrasch Defence & systems including ...c5c) 9...xc5 10.a3 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.f3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.a3 Be6 11.b4 Be7 12.Bb2 Rc8 13.Qb1 Qd7 14.Rd1 Rfd8 15.e4 d4 16.b5 Na5 17.Nxd4 Bg4 18.Nf3 Qe8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Qc2 Nc4 21.Nd5 * ------------------------------------------------------------------ 21 moves ------------------------------------------------------------------

Part I: Neo Catalan Ch 4 - Tarrasch Defence & systems including ...c5b) pg 70 - Earlier alternatives & 9...d4?! ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.f3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.dxc5 d4 10.Na4 Bf5 11.b4 d3 12.e3 Nxb4 13.Rb1 Nxa2 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Bd2 Qe8 16.Rxb7 Bxa4 17.Rxe7 Bxd1 18.Rxe8 Raxe8 19.Rxd1 * ------------------------------------------------------------------ 19 moves ------------------------------------------------------------------

Part I: Neo Catalan Ch 4 - Tarrasch Defence & systems including ...c5a) pg 65 - 5...xd5 alternative ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.f3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.d4 O-O 9.e4 Ndb4 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.a3 Nd3 12.b4 Nxc1 13.Rxc1 Bb6 14.e5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 14 moves ------------------------------------------------------------------

Part I: Neo Catalan Ch 3 - Black plays with ...d4 c) 3...f6 4.g2 d4 5.O-O c5 6.e3 c6 7.exd4 cxd4 8.d3 d6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.f3 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.c4 d4 5.O-O c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.exd4 cxd4 8.d3 Bd6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nbd2 Qe7 12.a3 a5 13.Ne4 Bc7 14.b4 axb415.axb4 Rxa1 16.Qxa1 f5 17.Nc5 Nxb4 18.Qa4 Kf7 19.Qxb4 Bd6 20.Qe1 Bxc5 21.Ne5 Kf6 22.f4 h5 23.h3 Bd6 24.g4 hxg4 25.hxg4 Mesaros vs Bluebaum------------------------------------------------------------------ 25 moves ------------------------------------------------------------------