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1 The Slav Setup vs. Flank Openings page 1 of 8 Slav Defense versus Flank Openings Slav Defense - Anti-English 1 c4 c6 2 e4 2 d4 d5 is the Slav Defense e5 /tjnwlnjt\ /Oo+o+oOo\ / +o+ + +\ /+ + O + \ / +p+p+ +\ / \ /pp P PpP\ /RhBqKbHr\ Now the game transposes into an Old Indian Defense. 3 hf3 3 d4 d6 4 hf3 transposes.; 3 hc3 hf6 4 hf3 d6 5 d4 hbd7 also does d6 4 d4 hd7 5 hc3 hgf6 /t+nwln T\ /Oo+j+oOo\ / +oo J +\ /+ + O + \ / +ppp+ +\ /+ H +h+ \ /pp + PpP\ /R BqKb+r\ 6 be2 be re1 h6 9 bf1 hh7 = /t+nw Tl+\ /Oo+jNoOj\ / +oo + O\ /+ + O + \ / +ppp+ +\ /+ H +h+ \ /pp + PpP\ /R BqRbK \ Black intends to trade off his black-squared bad bishop using the g5 square. He doesn't want to give white the two bishops, so he'll likely play his knight to g5 and trade the knight first. Games Reichenbach,Werner - Muse,M, Berlin (1) 1987 (A53 Old Indian, Ukrainian V) 1 c4 c6 2 e4 e5 3 Nf3 d6 4 d4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be2 Be7 7 O-O O-O 8 h3 Nbd7 9 Re1 a6 10 Be3 b5 11 a3 exd4 12 Bxd4 Ne5 13 cxb5 axb5 14 Qc2 Qb8 15 Be3 Nxf3+ 16 Bxf3 Nd7 17 Bg4 Ne5 18 Bxc8 Rxc8 19 Rad1 Bf6 20 Qb3 Re8 21 f3 Nc4 22 Bf2 Be5 23 Re2 Re6 24 Na2 Rg6 25 Nb4 Qc8 26 Kf1 Qe6 27 Qa2 Bxb2 28 Rxb2 Rxa3 29 Qb1 Nxb2 30 Qxb2 Qc4+ 31 Kg1 Rxf3 32 Qa2 Qxa2 33 Nxa2 h6 34 Rc1 Ra3 35 Nb4 c5 36 Nd5 Re6 37 Nc7 Rxe4 38 Nxb5 Rd3 39 Kh2 Rb4 40 Nc7 Rb7 0-1 Arnason,J - Thorsteins,K, Reykjavik (1) e4 c6 2 c4 e5 3 Nf3 d6 4 d4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Nbd7 6 h3 Be7 7 Be3 O-O 8 Be2 a6 9 a3 Re8 10 Qc2 Bf8 11 O-O exd4 12 Nxd4 g6 13 Rfe1 Nc5 14 Bf3 a5 15 Rad1 Qe7 16 Bf4 Nfd7 17 b4 axb4

2 The Slav Setup vs. Flank Openings page 2 of 8 18 axb4 Ne6 19 Bg3 Ne5 20 Be2 Bg7 21 Nb3 Qf6 22 Qc1 h5 23 Rf1 h4 24 Bh2 Nd7 25 Nb1 Ra2 26 Bg4 Ne5 27 Rxd6 Rb2 28 f4 Nxg4 29 e5 Qe7 30 hxg4 Rxb3 31 f5 Nd4 32 Qd1 Bxe5 33 Bxe5 Qxe5 34 Qxd4 Qxd4+ 35 Rxd4 Rxb4 36 Nc3 gxf5 37 gxf5 b5 38 Rg4+ Kf8 39 Rxh4 Rxc4 40 Rh8+ Ke7 41 Re1+ Be6 42 Rxe8+ Kxe8 43 Ne4 Kd7 44 fxe6+ fxe6 45 g4 b4 46 g5 Ke7 47 Kf2 b3 48 Kf3 b2 49 Rb1 Rb4 1/2 Zakharevich,I - Fokin,S, semi final (Kursk): ch-urs (1) d4 Nf6 2 c4 d6 3 Nc3 Nbd7 4 Nf3 c6 5 e4 e5 6 Be2 Be7 7 O-O O-O 8 Re1 h6 9 Bf1 Nh7 10 Be3 Ng5 11 Nxg5 Bxg5 12 Qd2 Bxe3 13 Qxe3 1/2 Raisa,Unto - Hintikka,Eero, Kuopio Kalakukko (1) d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 c6 3 c4 d6 4 Nc3 Nbd7 5 e4 e5 6 Be2 Be7 7 O-O O-O 8 Re1 h6 9 Bf1 Nh7 10 h3 Ng5 11 d5 c5 12 Nd2 Nh7 13 Bd3 Bg5 14 Nf1 Bxc1 15 Rxc1 Qh4 16 Qg4 Qxg4 17 hxg4 Nhf6 18 Ne3 g6 19 a3 Ne8 20 f3 a6 21 Rb1 Nc7 22 Rec1 Rb8 23 b4 b6 24 Na4 Bb7 25 bxc5 bxc5 26 Rb2 Ba8 27 Rcb1 Rxb2 28 Rxb2 Rc8 29 Nd1 Kf8 30 Nb6 Nxb6 31 Rxb6 Ke7 32 Bc2 a5 33 Ba4 Rf8 34 Nc3 f6 35 Nb5 Nxb5 36 Rxb5 f5 37 gxf5 gxf5 38 exf5 Rxf5 39 Rxa5 Rf8 40 Ra7+ Kf6 41 Rd7 Rb8 42 Rxd6+ Kg5 43 Bb5 e4 44 fxe4 Kf4 45 Re6 h5 46 Kf2 h4 47 a4 Rg8 48 Re8 Rxe8 49 Bxe8 1-0 Haritakis,Theodoros - Saltaev,M, Katerini (1) d4 Nf6 2 c4 d6 3 Nc3 Nbd7 4 Nf3 c6 5 e4 e5 6 Be2 Be7 7 O-O O-O 8 Re1 h6 9 Bf1 Nh7 10 Be3 Ng5 11 Rb1 Bf6 12 d5 c5 13 Nd2 Nh7 14 Nf3 b6 15 a3 Be7 16 b4 Ng5 17 Nd2 Nh7 18 Nf3 Nhf6 19 Nd2 Ne8 20 Nf3 Ndf6 21 bxc5 bxc5 22 Bd2 Nh7 23 Be3 Ng5 24 Be2 Qa5 25 Qc1 g6 26 Rb5 Qd8 27 Nxg5 hxg5 28 Qd2 f5 29 f3 Ng7 30 Reb1 Ba6 31 R5b3 Nh5 32 Bf1 Kg7 33 Qc2 Qd7 34 Be2 Rh8 35 Nb5 Raf8 36 Qd2 f4 37 Bf2 Bd8 38 Qd1 Nf6 39 Nc3 Ba5 40 h3 g4 41 hxg4 Kg8 42 Bd3 Qh7 43 Kf1 Nxg4 44 fxg4 f3 45 Qxf3 Rxf3 46 gxf3 Qh3+ 47 Ke2 Kg7 48 Rg1 Rf8 49 Rg3 Qh1 50 Rb1 Qh4 51 Nb5 Qe7 52 Rh3 Rh8 53 Rxh8 Kxh8 54 Rh1+ Kg7 55 Bh4 Qd7 56 Bg5 Bxb5 57 cxb5 c4 58 Bxc4 Qc7 59 Bd3 Qc3 60 Rc1 Qxa3 61 Be3 Bb6 62 Rc2 Bxe3 63 Kxe3 Kf6 64 g5+ Kxg5 65 Rg2+ Kf6 66 Rg4 Qc1+ 67 Ke2 Qh6 68 Kf2 Qh1 69 Ke3 Qh6+ 70 Kf2 Ke7 71 Be2 Kd8 72 Rg1 Kc7 73 Rd1 Kb6 74 Rb1 Qh2+ 75 Ke3 Qf4+ 76 Kd3 g5 77 Rb4 Qg3 78 Kd2 Qf2 79 Ra4 Kc7 80 Rc4+ Kd7 81 Ra4 Ke7 82 Rc4 Kf6 83 Ra4 Kg6 84 Ra6 Qd4+ 85 Ke1 Kh5 86 Ra2 Kh4 87 Rc2 Kg3 88 Bd1 Qb4+ 89 Ke2 Qxb5+ 90 Kd2 a5 91 Be2 Qb4+ 92 Kc1 a4 0-1 Peev,P (2400) - Atanasov,P (2370), Pazarozik ch-bul (1) d4 Nf6 2 c4 d6 3 Nf3 Nbd7 4 Nc3 e5 5 e4 Be7 6 Be2 O-O 7 O-O c6 8 Re1 h6 9 Bf1 Nh7 10 d5 c5 11 a3 Ng5 12 b4 Nxf3+ 13 Qxf3 Bg5 14 Rb1 a5 15 bxa5 Rxa5 16 Nb5 Ra6 17 Rb3 g6 18 Qd1 Kg7 19 g3 Bxc1 20 Qxc1 Nf6 21 f4 Re8 22 Bg2 Re7 23 Rf3 Bg4 24 Rf2 Bd7 25 fxe5 dxe5 26 d6 Re6 27 Nc7 Raxd6 28 Nxe6+ Bxe6 29 Ref1 Ng4 30 Rb2 Rd3 31 h3 Qd4+ 32 Kh1 Ne3 33 Re1 Nxc4 34 Rbe2 b5 35 Kh2 Rxa3 36 Rd1 Qc3 37 Qxc3 Rxc3 38 Rd8 b4 39 Rf2 b3 40 Bf3 Na3 41 Rb8 c4 0-1 Bender,S - Schulzke,E, Klinge U20 (1) d4 Nf6 2 c4 d6 3 Nc3 Nbd7 4 e4 e5 5 Nf3 Be7 6 Be2 O-O 7 O-O c6 8 Re1 h6 9 Bf1 Nh7 10 Be3 Ng5 11 Nxg5 Bxg5 12 g3 Bxe3 13 fxe3 Qg5 14 Bh3 Nf6 15 Bxc8 Raxc8 16 Qf3 Rfe8 17 Re2 Rc7 18 Rae1 Rce7 19 Kg2 1/2

3 The Slav Setup vs. Flank Openings page 3 of 8 Slav Defense - Anti-KIA (A07 Réti, King's Indian A, Yugoslav V) 1 hf3 d5 2 g3 c6 3 bg2 hf6 4 O-O 4 c4 here or earlier see the Slav vs. the Reti bg4 5 d3 hbd7 6 hbd2 e5 7 e4 /t+ WlN T\ /Oo+j+oOo\ / +o+ J +\ /+ +oo + \ / + +p+n+\ /+ +p+hp \ /ppph PbP\ /R Bq+rK \ 7... bd6 8 h3 8 c3 O-O 9 qc2 dxe4 10 dxe4 hb6 11 a4 a5 = Pavanasam,A (2355) - Ravi,T (2215), India ch-ind (1) 1988; 8 re1 O-O 9 hf1 bh5 = 8... bh5 9 qe1 9 b3 O-O 10 bb2 re8 11 re1 a5 =/+; 9 c3 O-O 10 qc2 re8 11 re1 a5 =/+; 9 g4 bg6 10 hh4 O-O 11 qe2 hc5!? Knudsen - Chernin,A, Copenhagen (1) 1986 /t+ W Tl+\ /Oo+ +ooo\ / +on Jn+\ /+ JoO + \ / + +p+ph\ /+ +p+ +p\ /ppphqpb+\ /R B +rk \ (11... re8); 9 qe2 O-O 10 g4 bg6 11 hh4 re8 transposes to the previous line. (11... hc5!?); 9 re1 O-O 10 c3 re8 11 qc2 a5 = 12 a4 qc7 13 hh4 bf8 Buckley,G - Sadler,M, Isle Of Man (1) O-O /t+ W Tl+\ /Oo+j+oOo\ / +on J +\ /+ +oo +n\ / + +p+ +\ /+ +p+hpp\ /ppph Pb+\ /R B QrK \ 10 hh4 10 hb3 re8 11 hh4 a5 12 a4 hc5 13 hxc5 bxc5 14 bg5 dxe4 15 dxe4 re6 =/+ 16 bf3 bxf3 17 hxf3 qc7 Damljanovic,B (2570) - Khalifman,A (2645), Belgrade: Investbank (1) re8 11 hf5 11 hb3 a5 transposes to the previous note.; 11 f4 exf4 12 gxf4 dxe4 13 dxe4 hd5 -/+ 14 hb3 hb4 Gaerths,R - Slobodjan,R, BLN (1) bf8 12 hf3 (12 g4 bg6 13 qe2 hc5 14 re1 he6 =/+ Hornicek,Jiri - Supatashvili,K, Mlada Boleslav (1) 1993; 12 hb3; 12 f4; 12 he3) hc qb6!? 13 h3h4 a5 =/+

4 The Slav Setup vs. Flank Openings page 4 of 8 /t+ WtNl+\ /+o+ +ooo\ / +o+ J +\ /O JoOh+n\ / + +p+ H\ /+ +p+ Pp\ /ppp+ Pb+\ /R B QrK \ 14 rb1 14 bg5 he6 Niermann,Michael - Hodgson,J, Bad Worishofen (1) he6 Botterill,G (2370) - Hodgson,J (2520), Bath zt (1) 1987 c4 Ngf4 23 Ng3 g6 24 Ne2 Bd6 25 Qg3 Kg7 26 f3 Rh8 27 Kf2 Qe7 28 a3 a4 29 Ke1 b5 30 cxb5 cxb5 31 Bxf4 gxf4 32 Qf2 b4 0-1 Buckley,G - Sadler,M, Isle Of Man (1) 1995 (B10 Caro-Kann, Closed (Breyer) V) 1 g3 d5 2 Bg2 Nf6 3 d3 c6 4 Nd2 e5 5 e4 Bd6 6 Ngf3 O-O 7 O-O Re8 8 Re1 Bg4 9 h3 Bh5 10 c3 Nbd7 11 Qc2 a5 12 a4 Qc7 13 Nh4 Bf8 14 Nf1 dxe4 15 dxe4 Nc5 16 Bg5 Nfd7 17 Bf3 Bxf3 18 Nxf3 b5 19 axb5 cxb5 20 Red1 Nb6 21 b4 Nca4 22 bxa5 Rxa5 23 Be3 Nc4 24 Rd3 Rc8 25 Rad1 Ncb2 26 Rd7 Qxc3 27 Qb1 Nxd1 28 Qxd1 Nb2 29 Qd5 Qc4 30 Nxe5 Qxd5 31 exd5 Nc4 32 Nc6 Ra1 33 Bd4 Ra2 34 Rb7 Nd6 35 Rb6 Rca8 36 Ne3 R2a6 37 Rxa6 Rxa6 38 Kf1 Ra2 39 Nd1 b4 40 Nb2 Nb5 41 Nc4 Nxd4 42 Nxd4 Bc5 43 Nb3 Bxf2 44 g4 Bg3 45 d6 Kf8 46 Nd4 Rf2+ 47 Kg1 Rf4 0-1 Games Pavanasam,A (2355) - Ravi,T (2215), India ch-ind (1) Nf3 d5 2 g3 Nf6 3 Bg2 c6 4 O-O Bg4 5 d3 Nbd7 6 Nbd2 e5 7 e4 Bd6 8 c3 O-O 9 Qc2 dxe4 10 dxe4 Nb6 11 a4 a5 12 Rd1 Qc7 13 h3 Be6 14 Ng5 Bd7 15 Nf1 h6 16 Nf3 Be6 17 Nh4 Rfd8 18 Nf5 Bf8 19 Rxd8 Rxd8 20 f4 exf4 21 Bxf4 Qd7 22 g4 Qd3 23 Qf2 Nc4 24 Re1 Nd7 25 Kh1 Nc5 26 Nd4 g5 27 Bc1 Bg7 28 Nxc6 bxc6 29 Qxc5 Qc2 30 Qxc6 Qf2 31 Qc7 Rd3 32 Re3 Nxe3 33 Bxe3 Rxe3 34 Nxe3 Qxe3 35 Qxa5 Qc1+ 36 Kh2 Qxb2 37 e5 Qe2 38 Qa8+ Kh7 39 Qe4+ Qxe4 40 Bxe4+ Kg8 41 a5 Bxe5+ 42 Kg2 0-1 Knudsen - Chernin,A, Copenhagen (1) 1986 (A06 Réti, Old Indian A) 1 Nf3 d5 2 g3 c6 3 Bg2 Bg4 4 d3 Nd7 5 Nbd2 e5 6 O-O Bd6 7 e4 Ngf6 8 h3 Bh5 9 g4 Bg6 10 Nh4 O-O 11 Qe2 Nc5 12 Re1 Re8 13 Nxg6 hxg6 14 Nf1 Ne6 15 Ng3 g5 16 c3 Bc7 17 Rd1 d4 18 Qf3 Nh7 19 Nf5 Nhf8 20 Bf1 Ng6 21 Rb1 a5 22 Damljanovic,B (2570) - Khalifman,A (2645), Belgrade: Investbank (1) g3 d5 2 Bg2 c6 3 d3 Nf6 4 Nf3 Bg4 5 O-O Nbd7 6 Nbd2 e5 7 e4 Bd6 8 h3 Bh5 9 Qe1 O-O 10 Nh4 Re8 11 Nb3 a5 12 a4 Nc5 13 Nxc5 Bxc5 14 Bg5 dxe4 15 dxe4 Re6 16 Bf3 Bxf3 17 Nxf3 Qc7 18 Kg2 Nd7 19 Qe2 Ree8 20 Rfd1 Nf8 21 Bd2 Ne6 22 c3 f6 23 Be1 Bf8 24 Nd2 Red8 25 f3 Qf7 26 Bf2 Bc5 27 Nc4 Bxf2 28 Kxf2 Qe7 29 Nb6 Rxd1 30 Rxd1 Rd8 31 Ke1 Rxd1+ 32 Qxd1 Qc5 33 Nc8 Qg1+ 34 Ke2 Qg2+ 35 Ke3 Qxb2 36 Qd7 Qxc3+ 37 Ke2 Nd4+ 38 Kf1 Qxf Gaerths,R - Slobodjan,R, BLN (1) Nf3 d5 2 g3 c6 3 Bg2 Bg4 4 O-O Nd7 5 d3 e5 6 Nbd2 Ngf6 7 h3 Bh5 8 e4 Bd6 9 Qe1 O-O 10 Nh4 Re8 11 f4 exf4 12 gxf4 dxe4 13 dxe4 Nd5 14 Nb3 Nb4 15 Nf5 Bf8 16 Qf2 f6 17 Be3 Qc7 18 a3 Na6 19 Kh1 b6 20 Rae1 Nac5 21 Nxc5 Nxc5 22 Bd4 Rad8 23 Rg1 Bg6 24 Ng3 Bd6 25

5 The Slav Setup vs. Flank Openings page 5 of 8 Bf1 Bxf4 26 Bc4+ Kh8 27 Bxc5 bxc5 28 Nf5 Rd2 29 Re2 Rxe2 30 Bxe2 Bxf5 31 exf5 Be3 0-1 Hornicek,Jiri - Supatashvili,K, Mlada Boleslav (1) Nf3 Nf6 2 g3 d5 3 Bg2 c6 4 O-O Bg4 5 d3 Nbd7 6 Nbd2 e5 7 e4 Bd6 8 h3 Bh5 9 Qe1 O-O 10 Nh4 Re8 11 Nf5 Bf8 12 g4 Bg6 13 Qe2 Nc5 14 Re1 Ne6 15 Nf3 dxe4 16 dxe4 Qc7 17 Bd2 Nd7 18 Rad1 f6 19 a3 Bf7 20 Nh2 Ndc5 21 b4 Nd7 22 c4 Nf4 23 Qf1 g6 24 Ne3 b6 25 Nc2 Be7 26 Nf3 Nxg2 27 Kxg2 Nf8 28 g5 Ne6 29 h4 Nf4+ 30 Bxf4 exf4 31 Qd3 Rad8 32 Qc3 fxg5 33 hxg5 Qc8 34 Kh2 Rxd1 35 Rxd1 Qg4 36 Ncd4 Bxg5 37 Nxc6 Be6 0-1 Niermann,Michael - Hodgson,J, Bad Worishofen (1) 1994 (A07 Réti, King s Indian A, Keres V) 1 Nf3 d5 2 g3 Bg4 3 Bg2 Nd7 4 O-O e5 5 d3 Ngf6 6 Nbd2 Bd6 7 e4 c6 8 h3 Bh5 9 Qe1 O-O 10 Nh4 Re8 11 Nf5 Bf8 12 Nf3 a5 13 N3h4 Nc5 14 Bg5 Ne6 15 Bxf6 Qxf6 16 g4 Bg6 17 exd5 cxd5 18 Bxd5 Nf4 19 Be4 Nxh3+ 20 Kh2 Nf4 21 Rh1 Qg5 22 f3 Bc5 23 Nxg6 hxg6 24 Qh4 f6 25 Bxb7 Rab8 26 Bc6 Rec8 27 Ba4 gxf5 28 Qxg5 fxg5 29 Bb3+ Kf8 30 gxf5 Bf2 31 Raf1 Rxb3 32 cxb3 Rc2 33 Rc1 Bg Botterill,G (2370) - Hodgson,J (2520), Bath zt (1) Nf3 Nf6 2 g3 d5 3 Bg2 c6 4 O-O Bg4 5 d3 Nbd7 6 Nbd2 e5 7 e4 Bd6 8 h3 Bh5 9 Qe1 O-O 10 Nh4 Re8 11 Nf5 Bf8 12 Nf3 Nc5 13 N3h4 a5 14 Rb1 Ne6 15 g4 Bg6 16 Bd2 Nf4 17 Rd1 Bxf5 18 Nxf5 g6 19 Ng3 Qb6 20 Bc1 Rad8 21 Qe3 Qb5 22 Qf3 Bg7 23 b3 Ne6 24 Be3 dxe4 25 dxe4 Nd7 26 Rfe1 Nd4 27 Bxd4 exd4 28 Qd3 Qb4 29 f4 Nc5 30 Qe2 a4 31 Kh2 d3 32 cxd3 axb3 33 axb3 Qxb3 34 Bf1 Ne6 35 Rb1 Qc3 36 Qf3 Qd2+ 37 Be2 b5 38 f5 Nd4 0-1

6 The Slav Setup vs. Flank Openings page 6 of 8 Slav Defense - Anti-Reti (A12 English, Caro-Kann Def. System, Bogolyubov V) 1 hf3 d5 2 c4 c6 3 g3 hf6 4 bg2 /tjnwln T\ /Oo+ OoOo\ / +o+ J +\ /+ +o+ + \ / +p+ + +\ /+ + +hp \ /pp PpPbP\ /RhBqK +r\ 4... bg4 5 O-O 5 cxd5 hxd5!? (5... cxd5 6 he5 bf5 7 qa4+ hbd7 8 hc3 +/=) 6 hc3 e6 = Eliskases,Erich - Bazan,Osvaldo, Argentina (1) 1962 /tj WlN T\ /Oo+ +ooo\ / +o+o+ +\ /+ +j+ + \ / + + +n+\ /+ H +hp \ /pp PpPbP\ /R BqK +r\ /tj Wl+ T\ /Oo+ +ooo\ / +ono+n+\ /+ +jh + \ / + + +pp\ /+ H + + \ /pp PpPb+\ /R BqK +r\ ; 5 b3 e6 6 O-O hbd7 7 bb2 be7 8 d3 O-O 9 hbd2 re8 10 qc2 qc7 11 rfe1 a5 Knudsen - Sorensen, Copenhagen (1) 1986 /t+ +t+l+\ /+owjnooo\ / +o+oj +\ /O +o+ + \ / +p+ +n+\ /+p+p+hp \ /pbqhppbp\ /R + R K \ 5... e6 6 b3 6 d3 hbd7; 6 cxd5 exd5; 6 d4 hbd7; 6 qc2 hbd7; 6 qb3 qb6; 6 he5 bh5 7 d4 hbd7 8 hc3 be7 9 qb3 qb6 Kalinin,V (2235) - Flear,G (2495), Bath zt (1) 1987; 6 hc3 be7 5 he5 bh5 6 cxd5 hxd5 (6... cxd5) 7 hc3 e6 = 8 g4 bg6 9 h4 bd6 Auwerda - Plomp, corr ch-nld (1) hbd7 7 bb2

7 The Slav Setup vs. Flank Openings page 7 of 8 /t+ WlN T\ /Oo+j+oOo\ / +o+oj +\ /+ +o+ + \ / +p+ +n+\ /+p+ +hp \ /pb PpPbP\ /Rh+q+rK \ 7... bd be7 is also good. 8 d3 O-O 9 hbd2 qe7 10 a3 a5 11 qc2 11 h3 bh5 12 qc2 e5 Vaganian,R (2530) - Gulko,B (2480), Erevan ch-urs (1) 1975 (12... rfe8 Ledger,A (2415) - Speelman,J (2630), Hove ch-bcf (1) 1997) e5 = /t+ + Tl+\ /+o+jwooo\ / +on J +\ /O +oo + \ / +p+ +n+\ /Pp+p+hP \ / BqHpPbP\ /R + +rk \ 12 e4 12 h3 bh5 13 e4 dxe4 14 dxe4 rfe8 Psakhis,L (2585) - Yakovich,Y (2525), Ostende open (1) dxe4 13 dxe4 rfe8 = McDonald,N - Thomas,I, Oakham (1) 1988 Games Eliskases,Erich - Bazan,Osvaldo, Argentina (1) 1962 (A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System) 1 g3 Nf6 2 Bg2 d5 3 Nf3 Bg4 4 c4 c6 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 Nc3 e6 7 O-O Nd7 8 d4 Be7 9 e4 N5f6 10 Be3 O-O 11 Qb3 Qb6 12 Nd2 Qxb3 13 axb3 a6 14 h3 Bh5 15 g4 Bg6 16 f4 h6 17 Rfe1 Rfd8 18 Nf1 Bb4 19 Ng3 Bh7 20 Red1 Nb6 21 d5 Nfd7 22 dxc6 bxc6 23 Na2 Bc5 24 Bxc5 Nxc5 25 Nb4 Nxb3 26 Nxc6 Nxa1 27 Nxd8 Nc2 28 Nf1 Nd5 29 exd5 Rxd8 30 Rd2 exd5 31 Bxd5 Kf8 32 Bc4 Rxd2 33 Nxd2 Nb4 34 f5 Ke7 35 Ne4 f6 36 Kf2 g6 37 fxg6 Bxg6 38 Nc5 a5 39 Ke3 f5 40 Kf4 fxg4 41 hxg4 Bc2 42 b3 1/2 Auwerda - Plomp, corr ch-nld (1) 1992 (A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System) 1 Nf3 d5 2 g3 c6 3 Bg2 Bg4 4 c4 Nf6 5 Ne5 Bh5 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 Nc3 e6 8 g4 Bg6 9 h4 Bd6 10 Nc4 h5 11 Qb3 Nb6 12 Nxd6+ Qxd6 13 a4 Na6 14 a5 Qb4 15 Qd1 Nd5 16 Ra4 Qd6 17 Nxd5 exd5 18 g5 Nc5 19 Ra3 d4 20 d3 O-O 21 Bf3 Rfe8 22 Kf1 Re6 23 Kg2 Rae8 24 Qc2 Na6 25 Qc4 R6e7 26 Re1 Qd7 27 Bd2 Bf5 28 e4 Bg4 29 Rg1 Bxf3+ 30 Kxf3 Qh3+ 31 Ke2 Qxh4 32 g6 Qf6 33 Bh6 Kh8 34 Bg5 Qxg6 35 Bxe7 Qxg1 36 Qxf7 Qg4+ 37 Kd2 Rxe7 38 Qxe7 Qf4+ 39 Ke2 1/2 Knudsen - Sorensen, Copenhagen (1) 1986 (A12 English, Torre Defensive System) 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4 c6 3 b3 Bg4 4 Bb2 Nd7 5 g3 Ngf6 6 Bg2 e6 7 O-O Be7 8 d3 O-O 9 Nbd2 Qc7 10 Qc2 Rfe8 11 Rfe1 a5 12 a3 Bf8 13 Nf1 Qb6 14 Rab1 Bh5 15 Nh4 e5 16 e4 dxe4 17 Bxe4 Nxe4 18 Rxe4 f6 19 d4 exd4 20 g4 d3 0-1 Kalinin,V (2235) - Flear,G (2495), Bath zt (1) (D11 Queen s G-D Slav, 3.Nf3) 1 d4 Nf6 2 g3 d5 3 Bg2 c6 4 Nf3 Bg4 5 O-O e6 6 c4 Nbd7 7 Ne5 Bh5 8 Nc3 Be7 9 Qb3 Qb6 10 Nxd7 Nxd7 11 e4 dxe4 12 Nxe4 O-O 13 Bf4 Rfd8 14 c5 Qxb3 15 axb3 Nf6 16 Bd6 Nxe4 17 Bxe7 Rxd4 18 g4 Bg6 19 Ra4 Rxa4 20 bxa4 Nf6

8 The Slav Setup vs. Flank Openings page 8 of 8 21 Bxf6 gxf6 22 Rd1 Kf8 23 b4 Bc2 24 Rd7 Rb8 25 a5 a6 26 h4 Ke8 27 Rd2 Bb3 28 Be4 Ke7 29 Kh2 Bd5 30 Bc2 h6 31 Kg3 Rg8 32 Kf4 e5+ 33 Kg3 Be6 34 f3 f5 35 Re2 f6 36 Re1 Kf7 37 Bd1 fxg4 38 f4 exf4+ 39 Kxf4 Rd8 40 Rxe6 Kxe6 41 Bxg4+ Ke7 0-1 Vaganian,R (2530) - Gulko,B (2480), Erevan ch-urs (1) (A12 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, Bogolyubov V) 1 Nf3 Nf6 2 g3 d5 3 c4 c6 4 b3 Bg4 5 Bg2 Nbd7 6 Bb2 e6 7 O-O Bd6 8 d3 O-O 9 Nbd2 Qe7 10 a3 a5 11 h3 Bh5 12 Qc2 e5 13 e4 dxe4 14 dxe4 Rfd8 15 Nh4 Bg6 16 Nf5 Bxf5 17 exf5 Bc5 18 Rfe1 Qd6 19 Rad1 Qf8 20 Nb1 Re8 21 g4 h6 22 Re2 Qe7 23 Kf1 Kf8 24 Qd2 Kg8 25 Qc2 Kh8 26 Qc1 Kg8 27 Nd2 Rad8 28 Qa1 Nf8 29 Rxe5 Qd6 30 Rxe8 Nxe8 31 Be5 Qd3+ 32 Ke1 f6 33 Bc3 Nd6 34 Ne4 Bxf2+ 35 Nxf2 Re8+ 36 Be5 Qc2 37 Rxd6 Rxe5+ 38 Kf1 Re2 39 Qd4 Re5 40 Qd1 Qc3 41 Rd3 1-0 Ledger,A (2415) - Speelman,J (2630), Hove ch-bcf (1) (A12 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, Bogolyubov V) 1 Nf3 d5 2 g3 Bg4 3 Bg2 c6 4 b3 Nd7 5 Bb2 e6 6 O-O Ngf6 7 c4 Bd6 8 d3 O-O 9 Nbd2 Qe7 10 h3 Bh5 11 a3 a5 12 Qc2 Rfe8 13 e3 h6 14 Nh4 Nf8 15 f4 Ng6 16 Nxg6 Bxg6 17 Nf3 Nd7 18 e4 dxe4 19 dxe4 Nf6 20 Ne5 Bh7 21 Qe2 Bc5+ 22 Kh2 Red8 23 Ng4 Nxe4 24 Bxe4 Bxe4 25 Bxg7 Kxg7 26 Qxe4 f5 27 Qe5+ Kg6 28 Rae1 Rd2+ 29 Re2 Rxe2+ 30 Qxe2 fxg4 31 Qxg4+ Kh7 32 f5 Rg8 33 Qe4 exf5 34 Qxf5+ Kh8 35 Qh5 Qg5 0-1 McDonald,N - Thomas,I, Oakham (1) (A12 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, Bogolyubov V) 1 Nf3 d5 2 g3 Bg4 3 Bg2 c6 4 c4 e6 5 b3 Nd7 6 O-O Ngf6 7 Bb2 Bd6 8 d3 O-O 9 Nbd2 Qe7 10 a3 a5 11 Qc2 e5 12 e4 dxe4 13 dxe4 Rfe8 14 Nh4 Bc5 15 Rfe1 Qd8 16 Nf1 Qb6 17 Bc3 Bd4 18 h3 Be6 19 Bxd4 Qxd4 20 Ne3 b5 21 Nhf5 Qc5 22 Red1 Nb6 23 b4 axb4 24 axb4 Qxb4 25 Rxa8 Rxa8 26 cxb5 cxb5 27 Qc6 Qa5 28 Rd6 Nbd7 29 Bf1 g6 30 Rxe6 fxe6 31 Qxe6+ Kh8 32 Nd6 b4 33 Bc4 Qc5 34 Kg2 Rf8 35 Bb3 Qd4 36 Nf7+ Kg7 37 Qe7 Qxe4+ 38 Kh2 Re8 39 Qd6 Qd4 40 Qc7 Re7 41 Ng5 Qb2 42 Bc2 e4 43 h4 h6 44 Nh3 Qc3 45 Qb7 Kf7 46 Nf4 Nc5 47 Qxe7+ Kxe7 48 Ned5+ Nxd5 49 Nxd5+ Ke6 50 Nxc3 bxc3 51 Kg1 Ke5 52 Kf1 Kd4 53 Ke2 Nd3 54 Ba4 Nb2 55 Bc2 Nc4 56 f3 exf3+ 57 Kxf3 g5 58 Bh7 Ne5+ 59 Ke2 Kc4 60 hxg5 hxg5 61 Bc2 Kb4 62 Ke3 Ka3 63 Ke4 Ng4 64 Kd3 Kb2 65 Ba4 Nf6 66 Kd4 c2 67 Bxc2 Kxc2 68 Ke5 Nh7 0-1 Psakhis,L (2585) - Yakovich,Y (2525), Ostende open (1) (A12 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, Bogolyubov V) 1 Nf3 d5 2 g3 c6 3 Bg2 Bg4 4 c4 e6 5 b3 Nd7 6 Bb2 Ngf6 7 O-O Bd6 8 d3 O-O 9 Nbd2 Re8 10 h3 Bh5 11 a3 a5 12 Qc2 e5 13 e4 dxe4 14 dxe4 Qe7 15 Nh4 Bc5 16 Nf5 Qf8 17 Rfe1 Red8 18 Nf1 Ne8 19 N1e3 1/2

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