Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...d5/2. c4/2...c6/3. Nf3/3...Nf6/4. Nc3/4...dxc4
Slav Defence | |
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) | |
Moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 |
Slav accepted 4. ... dxc4
editMoves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4
Black finally takes the sacrificial pawn with dxc4. This move has about half the popularity of the main line e6. It threatens a pawn advance onto White's queenside. White usually plays 5. a4 to defend against 5 .. b5 which cements Black's hold on this side of the board and threatens a pawn advance onto White's queenside.
Theory table
edit1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4
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Alapin variation | a4 ... |
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Slav gambit | e4 ... |
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Alekhine variation | e3 ... |
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References
edit- Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.