Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...d5/2. c4/2...c6/3. Nf3

Slav Defence
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) rnbqkbnr/pp2pppp/2p5/3p4/2PP4/5N2/PP2PPPP/RNBQKB1R b
Moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3

Slav Defence

3.Nf3

With the most common move in the Slav, 3.Nf3, White develops his knight and exerts more control over the e5-square.

Theory table

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3

	3	4	5	6
Semi-Slav Defence	... e6	Nc3 Nf6	e3 Nbd7	Bd3 dxc4	∞
	... Nf6	Nc3 e6			See above line
Slav Accepted	... ...	... dxc4	a4 Bf5	e3 e6	+=
	... dxc4	e3 b5	a4 e6	axb5 cxb5	+=
	... Bf5	Nc3 e6	Qb3		+=

References

• Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.