Slav Vs Flank Openings
Slav Vs Flank Openings
Slav Vs Flank Openings
6
be2
be7
Slav Defense
7
8
0-0
re1
0-0
h6
versus
9
bf1
hh7 =
--------
Flank Openings /t+nW Tl+\
/Oo+jNoOj\
Slav Defense - Anti-English / +oO + O\
(A55 Old Indian, Main line) /+ + O + \
/ +pPp+ +\
1
c4
c6
2
e4 /+ H +h+ \
2 d4 d5 is the Slav Defense. /pP + PpP\
2
...
e5 /R BqRbK \
-------- ________
/tJnWlNjT\ Black intends to trade off his black-squared bad
bishop using the g5 square. He doesn't want to give
/Oo+o+oOo\ white the two bishops, so he'll likely play his knight to
/ +o+ + +\ g5 and trade the knight first.
/+ + O + \
/ +p+p+ +\
/+ + + + \ Games
/pP P PpP\
Reichenbach,Werner - Muse,M,
/RhBqKbHr\ Berlin (1) 1987
________ (A53 Old Indian, Ukrainian V)
Now the game transposes into an Old Indian De- 1 c4 c6 2 e4 e5 3 Nf3 d6 4 d4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Qc7 6
fense.
Be2 Be7 7 O-O O-O 8 h3 Nbd7 9 Re1 a6 10 Be3
3
hf3
b5 11 a3 exd4 12 Bxd4 Ne5 13 cxb5 axb5 14
3 d4 d6 4 hf3 transposes.;
Qc2 Qb8 15 Be3 Nxf3+ 16 Bxf3 Nd7 17 Bg4
3 hc3 hf6 4 hf3 d6 5 d4 hbd7 also does.
Ne5 18 Bxc8 Rxc8 19 Rad1 Bf6 20 Qb3 Re8 21
3
...
d6
f3 Nc4 22 Bf2 Be5 23 Re2 Re6 24 Na2 Rg6 25
4
d4
hd7
Nb4 Qc8 26 Kf1 Qe6 27 Qa2 Bxb2 28 Rxb2
5
hc3
hgf6 Rxa3 29 Qb1 Nxb2 30 Qxb2 Qc4+ 31 Kg1 Rxf3
-------- 32 Qa2 Qxa2 33 Nxa2 h6 34 Rc1 Ra3 35 Nb4
/t+nWlN T\ c5 36 Nd5 Re6 37 Nc7 Rxe4 38 Nxb5 Rd3 39
Kh2 Rb4 40 Nc7 Rb7 0-1
/Oo+j+oOo\
/ +oO J +\
/+ + O + \ Arnason,J - Thorsteins,K,
Reykjavik (1) 1992
/ +pPp+ +\ (A55 Old Indian, Main line)
/+ H +h+ \ 1 e4 c6 2 c4 e5 3 Nf3 d6 4 d4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Nbd7
/pP + PpP\ 6 h3 Be7 7 Be3 O-O 8 Be2 a6 9 a3 Re8 10 Qc2
/R BqKb+r\ Bf8 11 O-O exd4 12 Nxd4 g6 13 Rfe1 Nc5 14
Bf3 a5 15 Rad1 Qe7 16 Bf4 Nfd7 17 b4 axb4
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The Slav Setup vs. Flank Openings
page 2 of 8
18 axb4 Ne6 19 Bg3 Ne5 20 Be2 Bg7 21 Nb3 Kg7 33 Qc2 Qd7 34 Be2 Rh8 35 Nb5 Raf8 36
Qf6 22 Qc1 h5 23 Rf1 h4 24 Bh2 Nd7 25 Nb1 Qd2 f4 37 Bf2 Bd8 38 Qd1 Nf6 39 Nc3 Ba5 40
Ra2 26 Bg4 Ne5 27 Rxd6 Rb2 28 f4 Nxg4 29 e5 h3 g4 41 hxg4 Kg8 42 Bd3 Qh7 43 Kf1 Nxg4
Qe7 30 hxg4 Rxb3 31 f5 Nd4 32 Qd1 Bxe5 33 44 fxg4 f3 45 Qxf3 Rxf3 46 gxf3 Qh3+ 47 Ke2
Bxe5 Qxe5 34 Qxd4 Qxd4+ 35 Rxd4 Rxb4 36 Kg7 48 Rg1 Rf8 49 Rg3 Qh1 50 Rb1 Qh4 51
Nc3 gxf5 37 gxf5 b5 38 Rg4+ Kf8 39 Rxh4 Rxc4 Nb5 Qe7 52 Rh3 Rh8 53 Rxh8 Kxh8 54 Rh1+
40 Rh8+ Ke7 41 Re1+ Be6 42 Rxe8+ Kxe8 43 Kg7 55 Bh4 Qd7 56 Bg5 Bxb5 57 cxb5 c4 58
Ne4 Kd7 44 fxe6+ fxe6 45 g4 b4 46 g5 Ke7 47 Bxc4 Qc7 59 Bd3 Qc3 60 Rc1 Qxa3 61 Be3 Bb6
Kf2 b3 48 Kf3 b2 49 Rb1 Rb4 1/2 62 Rc2 Bxe3 63 Kxe3 Kf6 64 g5+ Kxg5 65
Rg2+ Kf6 66 Rg4 Qc1+ 67 Ke2 Qh6 68 Kf2 Qh1
69 Ke3 Qh6+ 70 Kf2 Ke7 71 Be2 Kd8 72 Rg1
Zakharevich,I - Fokin,S, Kc7 73 Rd1 Kb6 74 Rb1 Qh2+ 75 Ke3 Qf4+ 76
semi final (Kursk): ch-URS (1) 1987 Kd3 g5 77 Rb4 Qg3 78 Kd2 Qf2 79 Ra4 Kc7 80
(A55 Old Indian, Main line) Rc4+ Kd7 81 Ra4 Ke7 82 Rc4 Kf6 83 Ra4 Kg6
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 d6 3 Nc3 Nbd7 4 Nf3 c6 5 e4 e5 84 Ra6 Qd4+ 85 Ke1 Kh5 86 Ra2 Kh4 87 Rc2
6 Be2 Be7 7 O-O O-O 8 Re1 h6 9 Bf1 Nh7 10 Kg3 88 Bd1 Qb4+ 89 Ke2 Qxb5+ 90 Kd2 a5 91
Be3 Ng5 11 Nxg5 Bxg5 12 Qd2 Bxe3 13 Qxe3 Be2 Qb4+ 92 Kc1 a4 0-1
1/2
Hornicek,Jiri - Supatashvili,K,
Mlada Boleslav (1) 1993
(A07 Réti, King’s Indian A, Yugoslav V)
1 Nf3 Nf6 2 g3 d5 3 Bg2 c6 4 O-O Bg4 5 d3
Nbd7 6 Nbd2 e5 7 e4 Bd6 8 h3 Bh5 9 Qe1 O-O
10 Nh4 Re8 11 Nf5 Bf8 12 g4 Bg6 13 Qe2 Nc5
14 Re1 Ne6 15 Nf3 dxe4 16 dxe4 Qc7 17 Bd2
Nd7 18 Rad1 f6 19 a3 Bf7 20 Nh2 Ndc5 21 b4
Nd7 22 c4 Nf4 23 Qf1 g6 24 Ne3 b6 25 Nc2
Be7 26 Nf3 Nxg2 27 Kxg2 Nf8 28 g5 Ne6 29 h4
Nf4+ 30 Bxf4 exf4 31 Qd3 Rad8 32 Qc3 fxg5
33 hxg5 Qc8 34 Kh2 Rxd1 35 Rxd1 Qg4 36
Ncd4 Bxg5 37 Nxc6 Be6 0-1
Niermann,Michael - Hodgson,J,
Bad Worishofen (1) 1994
(A07 Réti, King’s Indian A, Keres V)
1 Nf3 d5 2 g3 Bg4 3 Bg2 Nd7 4 O-O e5 5 d3
Ngf6 6 Nbd2 Bd6 7 e4 c6 8 h3 Bh5 9 Qe1 O-O
10 Nh4 Re8 11 Nf5 Bf8 12 Nf3 a5 13 N3h4 Nc5
14 Bg5 Ne6 15 Bxf6 Qxf6 16 g4 Bg6 17 exd5
cxd5 18 Bxd5 Nf4 19 Be4 Nxh3+ 20 Kh2 Nf4 21
Rh1 Qg5 22 f3 Bc5 23 Nxg6 hxg6 24 Qh4 f6 25
Bxb7 Rab8 26 Bc6 Rec8 27 Ba4 gxf5 28 Qxg5
fxg5 29 Bb3+ Kf8 30 gxf5 Bf2 31 Raf1 Rxb3 32
cxb3 Rc2 33 Rc1 Bg3+ 0-1
-------- Games
/t+ WlN T\
/Oo+j+oOo\ Eliskases,Erich - Bazan,Osvaldo,
Argentina (1) 1962
/ +o+oJ +\ (A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System)
/+ +o+ + \ 1 g3 Nf6 2 Bg2 d5 3 Nf3 Bg4 4 c4 c6 5 cxd5
/ +p+ +n+\ Nxd5 6 Nc3 e6 7 O-O Nd7 8 d4 Be7 9 e4 N5f6
10 Be3 O-O 11 Qb3 Qb6 12 Nd2 Qxb3 13 axb3
/+p+ +hP \ a6 14 h3 Bh5 15 g4 Bg6 16 f4 h6 17 Rfe1 Rfd8
/pB PpPbP\ 18 Nf1 Bb4 19 Ng3 Bh7 20 Red1 Nb6 21 d5
/Rh+q+rK \ Nfd7 22 dxc6 bxc6 23 Na2 Bc5 24 Bxc5 Nxc5
Auwerda - Plomp,
8
d3
O-O
corr ch-NLD (1) 1992
9
hbd2
qe7
(A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System)
10
a3
a5 1 Nf3 d5 2 g3 c6 3 Bg2 Bg4 4 c4 Nf6 5 Ne5
11
qc2 Bh5 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 Nc3 e6 8 g4 Bg6 9 h4 Bd6
10 Nc4 h5 11 Qb3 Nb6 12 Nxd6+ Qxd6 13 a4
11 h3 bh5 12 qc2 e5 Vaganian,R (2530) - Gulko,B Na6 14 a5 Qb4 15 Qd1 Nd5 16 Ra4 Qd6 17
(2480), Erevan ch-URS (1) 1975 (12 ... rfe8 Ledg-
Nxd5 exd5 18 g5 Nc5 19 Ra3 d4 20 d3 O-O 21
er,A (2415) - Speelman,J (2630), Hove ch-BCF (1)
Bf3 Rfe8 22 Kf1 Re6 23 Kg2 Rae8 24 Qc2 Na6
1997)
25 Qc4 R6e7 26 Re1 Qd7 27 Bd2 Bf5 28 e4
11
...
e5 = Bg4 29 Rg1 Bxf3+ 30 Kxf3 Qh3+ 31 Ke2 Qxh4
32 g6 Qf6 33 Bh6 Kh8 34 Bg5 Qxg6 35 Bxe7
-------- Qxg1 36 Qxf7 Qg4+ 37 Kd2 Rxe7 38 Qxe7 Qf4+
/t+ + Tl+\ 39 Ke2 1/2
/+o+jWoOo\
Knudsen - Sorensen,
/ +oN J +\ Copenhagen (1) 1986
/O +oO + \ (A12 English, Torre Defensive System)
/ +p+ +n+\ 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4 c6 3 b3 Bg4 4 Bb2 Nd7 5 g3
/Pp+p+hP \ Ngf6 6 Bg2 e6 7 O-O Be7 8 d3 O-O 9 Nbd2 Qc7
10 Qc2 Rfe8 11 Rfe1 a5 12 a3 Bf8 13 Nf1 Qb6
/ BqHpPbP\ 14 Rab1 Bh5 15 Nh4 e5 16 e4 dxe4 17 Bxe4
/R + +rK \ Nxe4 18 Rxe4 f6 19 d4 exd4 20 g4 d3 0-1
________
12
e4 Kalinin,V (2235) - Flear,G (2495),
12 h3 bh5 13 e4 dxe4 14 dxe4 rfe8 Psakhis,L Bath zt (1) 1987-02-00
(2585) - Yakovich,Y (2525), Ostende open (1) 1993 (D11 Queen’s G-D Slav, 3.Nf3)
12
...
dxe4 1 d4 Nf6 2 g3 d5 3 Bg2 c6 4 Nf3 Bg4 5 O-O e6
13
dxe4
rfe8 = 6 c4 Nbd7 7 Ne5 Bh5 8 Nc3 Be7 9 Qb3 Qb6 10
McDonald,N - Thomas,I, Oakham (1) 1988 Nxd7 Nxd7 11 e4 dxe4 12 Nxe4 O-O 13 Bf4
Rfd8 14 c5 Qxb3 15 axb3 Nf6 16 Bd6 Nxe4 17
Bxe7 Rxd4 18 g4 Bg6 19 Ra4 Rxa4 20 bxa4 Nf6