The Slav Defense is a popular response to the Queen’s Gambit beginning with the moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6
Featured Video: Vladimir Kramnik and Levon Aronian, the two highest-rated players in the 2012 Chess Olympiad, met in a Round 6 clash, with the game producing fireworks. Kramnik lead Russia to victory with a great tactical combination.
Games:
- Radjabov vs Aronian – Slav Defence – 2013 Norway Chess Rd5 – slow Slav and a slow game
- Aronian vs Nakamura – Slav Defence – 2013 Norway Chess Rd2 – 70-move epic
- Grischuk vs Aronian – Slav Defence – 2013 Candidates Rd13 – little to play for
- Van Wely vs Caruana – Slav Defence – 2013 Tata Steel Rd12 – horror show continues
- Van Wely vs Giri – Slav Defence – 2013 Tata Steel Rd10 – multiple Grunfeld transpositions
- Wang Hao vs Caruana – Slav Defence – 2013 Tata Steel Rd 9 – quiet Slav and an unusual ending
- Nakamura vs McShane – Slav Defence – 2012 London Classic Rd9 – interesting theoretical battle
- Kramnik vs McShane – Slav Defence – 2012 London Chess Classic Rd5 – “I’ve only had one uglier position in my life”
- Anand vs McShane – Slav Defence – 2012 London Chess Classic Rd2 – marathon endgame
- Reshevsky vs Smyslov – Slav Defence – 1945 USA-USSR Radio Match – a model game, and slow torture for white
- Ending: Topalov vs Dominguez-Perez – Slav Defence – 2012 FIDE London Grand Prix Rd6 – mis-assessed ending
- Carlsen vs Kasparov – Slav Defence – Reykjavik Rapid, 2004 – out of his comfort zone
- Mamedyarov vs Giri – Slav Defence – FIDE Grand Prix London, 2012 – astonishing demolition
- Giri v Aronian – Slav Defence – 2012 Chess Olympiad Rd10 – on the brink
- Mamedyarov vs Wang Yue – Slav Defence – 2012 Chess Olympiad Rd8 – brave exchange sac
- Kramnik vs Aronian – Slav Defence – 2012 Chess Olympiad Rd6 – fireworks
- Ivanchuk vs Vallejo Pons – Slav Defence – 2012 Chess Olympiad Rd7 – a small mistake
- Lupulescu vs Ragger – Slav Defence – 2012 Chess Olympiad Rd2
- Khader vs Kamsky – Slav Defence – 2012 Chess Olympiad
- Timman vs Kasparov – Slav Defence – Eurotel Trophy Rd 2, 1998 – an unusual choice for Kasparov
- Przepiorka vs Cheron – Slav Defence – Netherlands, 1928 – dramatic miniature
- Seirawan vs Beliavsky – Slav Defence – 1988 World Cup – A sedate, symmetrical start before black decides on all-or-nothing
- Pelletier vs L’Ami – Slav Defence – 2006-7 Bundesliga
- Grivas vs Li Shilong – Slav Defence – 2008 Wijk aan Zee
- Slav Defence Miniature – Stegeman vs Spronk 1996 – the Slav gone wrong!
- Ismagambetov vs Karjakin – Slav Defense – 2012 World Rapid Championship
- Surprising Slav – Neverov vs Khenkin – 2012 European Championship – focusing on 3… dxc4!?
- Tkachiev vs Carlsen – Slav Defence – 2012 World Rapid Championship
- Wojtkiewicz vs Donaldson – Slav Defence – Las Vegas 2001
- Carlsen vs Gelfand – Slav Defence – Tal Memorial 2006
- Aronian vs McShane – Tal Memorial 2012 Rd 3
- A game of extraordinary beauty – Slav Defence – Nadal vs Margulies, Berlin 1932
- Kasparov vs Anand, Dortmund 1992 – Slav Defence
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