Semi-Slav

✍ Scribed by Matthew Sadler

• Publisher: Everyman Chess
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 162
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Semi-Slav defence has been one of Black's most reliable defences to the queen's pawn since the 1920's. Now, it is fashionable both at grandmaster level and with club and tournament players. Here, Grandmaster Matthew Sadler explains the strategy and tactics of this dynamic opening. Through the use of model games for both sides, the author provides a thorough grounding in the key ideas.

✦ Table of Contents

Front......Page 1
Contents
......Page 8
Bibliography......Page 9
Introduction......Page 10
1 Botvinnik Variation: Main Line with 15...b4
......Page 13
2 Botvinnik Variation: Black's 13th Move Alternatives
......Page 32
3 Botvinnik Variation with 11 g3
......Page 42
4 Botvinnik Variation: Early Deviations after 5 Bg5 dxc4
......Page 55
5 Moscow Variation with 7 e3
......Page 65
6 Moscow Variation: White's 6th and 7th Move Alternatives
......Page 78
7 Meran Variation: Main Line
......Page 82
8 Meran Variation: Move Orders and Sidelines
......Page 98
9 Meran Variation with 8...Bb7: White Alternatives
......Page 111
10 Meran Variation with 8...a6: Old Main Line - 9 e4 c5 10 e5
......Page 124
11 Meran Variation: Systems with an Early ...b5-b4
......Page 132
12 Meran Variation: Odds and Ends
......Page 141
13 6 Qc2 Bd6: 7.Be2 and 7.Bd3
......Page 146
14 Odds and Ends
......Page 155
Index of Complete Games......Page 159
Back......Page 162