Do you play the Slav but often face yourself in hard to navigate terrain, and then fall victim to some nasty combo?
Or do you face the Slav as White and want to know which tactical pitfalls to avoid?The Slav Defense is one of the most trusted chess openings for Black in response to 1.d4. It is one of the safest replies against the Queen’s Gambit and popular at all levels.
But, the Slav is also an opening with a large body of theory depending on the line that is being played.
Zap! your opponent's plans - know the tactics in ADVANCE
In some lines the structure resembles a Caro-Kann; in others, it can transpose into the Grünfeld or resemble a French structure.
In some lines, the pawn structure is immediately altered, while in others there are no exchanges until well into the middlegame.
Because of this, a tactics course that divides the puzzles per opening line is ideal.
Different pawn structures make different tactics possible!This course contains puzzles taken from real games in the Slav Defense (1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6), and are divided into chapters by specific opening variation.
This means that you can train according to your repertoire (whether you're White playing against the Slav or you're Black) and also that the puzzles are often tied to a specific pawn structure.
Every puzzle includes the full games' notation so you can see how the positions arose. You'll know exactly what kind of tactics to expect in each opening variation - now that's an advantage!
So, if you play the Slav, this course will be a great way to train your pattern recognition in the positions that arise from this opening.
And, if you struggle to beat the Slav. Now you finally have a tool to sharpen your tactical awareness.
The course is structured into the following chapters/lines:
Chapter 1: Mainline: 4… dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3
Chapter 2: Mainline:4… dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5
Chapter 3: Mainline: 4… dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4
Chapter 4: Mainline: 4… dxc4 5. a4 sidelines for Black
Chapter 5: Mainline 4… dxc4 5. e4 and 5. e3
Chapter 6: 4… a6 Slav: 5. e3
Chapter 7: 4… a6 Slav: 5. c5
Chapter 8: 4… a6 Slav: other moves
Chapter 9: 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4
Chapter 10: 4. Qc2 g6
Chapter 11: Exchange Slav
Almost every chapter contains 100 or more puzzles, for a total of 1150 trainable variations. That's a lot of zap! for your buck!
Sources used were the Chessbase Megabase for the games and Deep Fritz 13 for the analysis.
If you like the sound of this, check out JeroenW's other tactics course here:Tactics in the TromPOWsky
