Alexey Dreev. Bf4 in the Queen s Gambit and the Exchange Slav. Chess Stars

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1 Alexey Dreev Bf4 in the Queen s Gambit and the Exchange Slav Chess Stars

2 Contents Preface Part 1. Slav Defence. Exchange Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 1 various; A) 4...Qb6; B) 4...e6; C) 4...Nf Nc6 5.e3 A) 5...Bf5; B) 5...Qb6; C) 5...e Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 A) 6...Ne4; B) 6...Bg4; C) 6...e Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 a Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bf Part 2. QGD. Petrosian Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf Nf6 6.e3 various; 6...Bf Nf6 6.e c6 6.e3 various; 6...Bd c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.g4 A) 7...Bg6; B) 7...Be Part 3. QGD. Classical Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 10 various; A) 5...a6; B) 5...c5; C) 5...dxc e3 various; A) 6...a6; B) 6...c e3 b e3 c e3 Nbd7 7.Be e3 Nbd7 7.c Complete Games Index of Variations

3 PREFACE In this book we analyse many different ways for White to fight for the opening advantage in two modern schemes, in the Slav Defence and in the Queen s Gambit Deferred. Our choice in the Slav Defence is the exchange variation, which is becoming more and more popular among the average level chess players, as well as on top level. It looked like Black could equalise, not without efforts though..., until recently, but lately, naturally with the help of computer analyses, White often managed to create problems for Black and not only purely practical, but also analytical. By playing 3.cxd5, after the moves 1 d4 d5 2.c4 c6, White tries to obtain an advantage, but also, as a minimum, avoids the main lines of the Slav Defence, which may arise following 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4. We also avoid some other very serious systems for Black like the Meran variation, or if White is reluctant to enter also the Moscow variation. The fight in the exchange variation is mostly in a positional key, without much risk with the idea to obtain a minimal edge. White is trying to make use of the extra tempo in this symmetrical position in different ways. In another part of our book, a bit greater in volume, we analyse a variation of the Queen s Gambit with the move 5.Bf4. This solid and modern line is a serious rival to the classical Queen s Gambit with the move 5.Bg5, in which White must consider at least the Makogonov- Bondarevsky system, which is considered to be quite reliable for Black and justifiably so. We have also dealt in details with the very fashionable variation 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4, in which, if Black does not try to develop his bishop to the f5-square, White obtains an advantageous version of the Carlsbad variation. I have played so many times all these variations with both colours; nevertheless, during my work over this book I had a new look at many 5

4 modern positions, making computer analyses, and I have shared with you the results of my work in this book. Naturally, the development of the theory in these variations would not end with this book. I only hope that it will contribute to it and will be a reliable guide to the readers in their understanding of the fine points of all these lines. Alexey Dreev 6

5 Index of Variations Chapter 1 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cd cd 4.Bf4 A) 4...Qb B) 4...e C1) 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 g C2) 5.Nc3 Bf C3) 5.Nc3 a C4a) 5.Nc3 Qb6 6.e3 e C4b) 6.e3 Bf C4c) 6.e3 Qxb C5a) 5.Nc3 e6 6.e3 Be C5b) 6.e3 a C5c) 6.e3 Bd Chapter 2 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cd cd 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 5...a A) 5...Bf B1) 5...Qb6 6.Nc3 Nf B2) 6.Nc3 e B3) 6.Nc3 e C) 5...e Chapter 3 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cd cd 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 A) 6...Ne B) 6...Bg C) 6...e6 7.Bd3 various C1) 7.Bd3 Bd C2) 7.Bd3 Be Chapter 4 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cd cd 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 a6 7.Be2 various A) 7...e B) 7...Bf5 8.g4 various B1) 8.g4 Bg6 9.Qb B2) 9.h

6 Index of Variations Chapter 5 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cd cd 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.Qb3 A) 7...Qd B) 7...Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qc2 various B1) 9.Qc2 e6 10.Nf3 Bb B2a) 10.Nf3 Nh5 11.Bg B2b) 10.Nf3 Nh5 11.Be B3) 10.Nf3 Rc B4) 10.Nf3 Be Part 2 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 Chapter 6 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cd ed 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 various Bf5 7.Qb3 various Qb3 Nc6 8.g4 various A) 8.g4 Nxg4 9.Qxd5 Qc B) 9.Qxd5 Qxd Chapter 7 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cd ed 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e Bd3 various A) 7...c B) 7...c Chapter 8 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cd ed 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 various Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.Bd3 Nf Bd3 Ne7 9.Qc2 various A) 9.Qc2 Nd B) 9.Qc2 b C1) 9.Qc2 g6 10.f C2) 10.Nf Chapter 9 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cd ed 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.g4 A) 7...Bg6 8.h4 various A1) 8.h4 h A2) 8.h4 h

7 Index of Variations B) 7...Be6 8.h4 various B1) 8.h4 Nd7 9.h B2) 9.g Part 3 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 Chapter 10 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 various A) 5...a B) 5...c C) 5...dxc Chapter 11 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf e3 various A) 6...a B) 6...c Chapter 12 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf e3 b6 A) 7.Bd B) 7.Qc2 various B1) 7.Qc2 Bb B2) 7.Qc2 c C) 7.cd ed C1) 7.cd Nxd5 8.Nxd5 ed C2a) 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.Bxc C2b) 9.Be Chapter 13 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf e3 c5 7.dc various Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 various A) 9.a3 dc B) 9.a3 Qe C) 9.a3 Re D) 9.a3 Qa5 10.Rd1 various Rd1 Be7 11.Be2 various D1) 11.Be2 Ne

8 Index of Variations D2a) 11.Be2 dc 12.Bxc4 e D2b) 12.Bxc4 a D2c) 12.Bxc4 Nh Chapter 14 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 various dc various A) Nxd B) a C) Nb D) c5 9.dc Nxc5 10.Bxc4 various D1) 10.Bxc4 a D2) 10.Bxc4 Qxd Chapter 15 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf e3 Nbd7 7.c5 various A) 7...Ne4 various A1) 8.Nxe A2) 8.Rc1 various A2a) 8.Rc1 f A2b) 8.Rc1 Nxc B1a) 7...Nh5 8.Be2 Nxf4 9.ef c b B1b) f B2) 8.Bd3 Nxf4 9.ef various B2a) 9.ef c B2b) 9.ef b C) 7...c6 8.b Bd3 b6 9.b4 various b4 a5 10.a3 various C1) 10.a3 Ba6 11.Bxa C2)

9 COMPLETE GAMES 1 Shimanov Nigalidze, Yerevan Adams Eljanov, Biel Navara Matuszewski, Poland Navara Tomashevsky, Hockenheim Morozevich Onischuk, Reggio Emilia Wojtaszek Tarjan, Caleta Ding Bwalya, Istanbul Goganov Lobanov, St Petersburg Andreikin Johannessen, Skopje Fressinet Royset, Helsingor I.Kovalenko Short, Tromso Matlakov Kashlinskaya, Doha Korchnoi Karpov, Baguio City Fedoseev Rozum, St Petersburg Gelfand Oparin, Moscow Vachier Lagrave Jakovenko, Loo Istratescu A.David, Alba Iulia Anand Nakamura, Zurich Giri Aronian, Moscow