dealing with the slav

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!

@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!

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

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

Well, Magnus plays the 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 system in a very dynamic way!

Granted, his approach in the Bg6 variation is not considered either in Lakdawala's book, nor Avrukh's. I do think Lakdawala is a very good book author, and quite a strong player. I did not like any of Avrukh's books so far, as he frequently loses his thread in a maelstrom of variations and he almost always is stuck on certain positional taboos. Of course they are far from bad books, just not the style of books I enjoy reading.

Another plus of this system is that if Black opts for a Semi-Slav White can get a slight plus while avoiding tons of theory by 5.b3!? (which is indeed recommended by Avrukh). And finally, it also deals effectively with Lautier's pet system (known as the Chebanenko Slav).

I have played a lot of Slavs (with both colors) and recently I switched as White to the 4.e3 system, because I feel it's the only way to challenge Black positionally.

I was also playing many years ago the Geller Gambit- apparently inspired by Watson's old booklet. I had a 4-0 perfect score, but this should be attributed to blunders by Black, not the opening itself. I don't think white can count on any advantage against a well-prepared Black, in any of the three main lines (8.ab5, 8.Ng5 and 8.Be2). On top level, white is scoring rather poorly, but at amateur level I expect white scoring quite well- provided that he forgets about what is objectively best.

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