The Bulletproof Semi-Slav:
A Complete And Lifetime
Answer To 1.d4
My goal is to give you an opening that you can play forever. The Semi-Slav is, in my opinion, the best opening available against 1.d4.
— GM Sam Shankland
Shankland’s peak FIDE rating of 2731 put him firmly within the world top 25.
He took home gold from the Olympiad twice… won the
US Chess Championship in 2018… and scored top 3 finishes in major tournaments, like the
52nd Biel GM Tournament and the
4th Sunway Sitges Open.
When he faced 1.d4 in high-stakes games, Shankland relied on the Semi-Slav to tip the scales in his favor.
With your permission, he will show you how to play “the best opening available against 1.d4” and…
Reach A Sound Middlegame With Excellent
Winning Chances, Game After Game,
Even If The Theory Changes
The Semi-Slav answers
1.d4 with the classical
1…d5, then builds a stronghold in the center with
2…c6,
3…Nf6, and
3…e6.
The Semi-Slav’s solid center gives you
many ways to generate play
You have many ways to develop your pieces, and stir up counterplay from this rock-solid start.
And in
Lifetime Repertoires: Semi-Slav, Shankland strikes a balance between ease and ambition to give you a system you can play for life.
Make no mistake:
Shankland never backs down from sharp tactics when they’re necessary.
But in situations where choices are many, he went for strategic and less theoretical variations, which are always playable. So you can follow a clear path to equality — and eventually gain the upper hand — without needing to follow the latest analysis.
On top of Shankland’s practical move selection, you’ll also get
14.5 hours of video — which lay down the ideas behind the
already-intuitive variations.
Shankland’s smart approach has already paid huge dividends for many Chessablers.
Like
Jan Kunc’s 38-move demolition job at the
28th Klatovy Open…
Mark Carroll’s calm defense against a London System expert rated 256 points higher…
And then there’s
Alexander Yatsyshin who followed the analysis in chapter 10 to dodge a bullet, and force resignation in less than 25 moves.
Lifetime Repertoires: Semi-Slav covers just about any opening White can play after 1.d4 d5, including:
💎 The Queen’s Gambit
💎 Rare but tricky sidelines
💎 Veresov, London and Exchange Slav
💎 All 4th and 5th move deviations
💎 The Delayed and Open Meran
💎 And more
And here’s the icing:
Shankland
regularly updates the course and responds to user questions. So that you and the Semi-Slav are…
Always Tournament-Ready
To kick off 2023, Shankland
added 22 new MoveTrainer® variations — plus a
brand new chapter — based on student feedback. You’ll be shown how to:
💎 Accelerate your development against the London System — by harassing the enemy queen from its starting position.
💎 Leave the Delayed Meran in tatters. With the enemy king’s cover busted, you have the luxury of pressing for more than equality, and doubling down on a kingside attack.
💎 Turn up the dark-square pressure against the Cambridge Springs. If White’s not careful, you might just run away with an outright opening advantage, or even two juicy pawns!
💎 And keep the first player guessing… by adding the alternative 4…Bf5 Slav into your arsenal.
We’re confident that
Lifetime Repertoires: Semi-Slav’s balance between longevity, ease, and ambition can massively improve — not just your score against 1.d4 — but your overall strategic play, too.
But don’t take our word for it.
Prove it to yourself when you take the repertoire for a test drive.
Our 30-day 100% satisfaction money-back guarantee will shoulder all of the risk. So you can focus on squeezing the most value out of Shankland’s instruction for an entire month.
If you decide that the course isn’t for you — whatever the reason may be — we’ll rush you a refund. No questions asked.
