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	Encyclopedia: Chess opening
		Defenses beginning with 1...c6 and 1...e6, often followed by the center thrust 2...d5, are also popular.
		Defenses with an early...d6 coupled with a king-side fianchetto are also commonly played.
		The Philidor Defense is not popular in modern chess because it allows White an easy space advantage while Black remains solid but cramped and passive.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chess-opening (6504 words)

	Slav Defense - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Slav is one of the primary defenses to the Queen's Gambit.
		The Semi-Slav Defense, a kind of a combination Orthodox Defense and Slav Defense, is a very complex opening in its own right.
		Traditionally Black had a choice between 4...e6 and 4...dxc4 before developing the queen bishop, but in the 1990s 4...a6 was introduced, with the idea of developing the queenside without locking in the queen bishop or conceding the center.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slav_Defense (965 words)

	Queen's Gambit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Orthodox Defense and the Tarrasch Defense are two important examples.
		The Slav Defense is a solid response, although many variations are very tactical.
		The Chigorin Defense is unusual, but it appears to be playable for Black.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Queen's_Gambit (545 words)

	The Slav (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		His latest effort, on the popular Slav Defense, combines solid research and full coverage with objective assessments and a bit of original analysis.
		The Slav, characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 is a flexible defense that has been played by 11 of the first 13 World Champions.
		There are a variety of ways to get to various Slav set-ups, and this chapter explains why white or fl may play a particular move order – what they could be aiming to achieve and/or avoid.
	www.jeremysilman.com /book_reviews_rb/rb_slav_burgess.html (1134 words)

	Slav
		The Defense Ministry had denied that GROM (Thunder) special forces were involved in combat, but on Monday it confirmed their participation after dailies splashed photographs of the soldiers in the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr, where U.S.-led troops are battling pockets of Iraqi resistance.
		Defense Minister Svinarov inspected on Friday the nuclear, chemical and biological defense unit that will be dispatched by Bulgaria in case of war in Iraq.
		Defense Minister Svinarov assured that in spite of the requirements, the unit would be dispatched only after it had full military readiness.
	www.network54.com /Forum/thread?forumid=221692&messageid=1042810315&lp=1064508673 (18260 words)

	Free Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		By declining the temporary pawn sacrifice by means of 2...e6, Black erects a solid position, the pawns on d5 and e6 give Black a foothold in the center.
		If Black now plays 3...c6, the game is the Semi-Slav Defense, which bears resemblance to both the Slav Defense and the other lines of the Queen's Gambit Declined.
		The Tartakower Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6, is a solid continuation.
	www.freeencyclopedia.net /index.php?title=QGD (637 words)

	Articles - Chess opening (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Although Indian defenses were championed in the 1920s by players in the hypermodern school, they were not fully accepted until Soviet players showed in the late 1940s that these systems are sound for Black.
		The Modern Benoni Defense is a risky attempt by Black to to unbalance the position and gain active piece play at the cost of allowing White a pawn wedge at d5 and a central majority.
		The Queen's Knight Defense is an uncommon opening that often transposes to the Nimzowitsch Defense after 1.d4 Nc6 2.e4 or the Chigorin Defense after 2.c4 d5, although it can lead to unique lines, for example after 1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 or 2.c4 e5.
	www.worldhammock.com /articles/Chess_opening (4526 words)

	Colle System Classics (Koltanowski variation)
		The system is not forcing and does not put the opposing player under a great amount of pressure, but has a deceptive sting that will surprise many opponents.
		Essentially, it is a Semi-Slav defense "reversed", and the extra tempo gives White attacking possibilities not usually seen from the fl side.
		However, if white doesn't win in the opening or middle game, he often will have a pawn majority of 3-2 on the Q side which can be a winning ending.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chesscollection?cid=1001952 (186 words)

	www.chessreviews.com - ChessReviews.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Dorian Rogozenko is the author of this opening CD from Chessbase on the Slav.
		I think it would be useful to those that play, or want to play the Slav.
		I say this because there is a good mix of detail on existing theory, and emphasis on new methods of playing this opening as well.
	members.aol.com /rjpawlak/reviews/TheSlav.html (406 words)

	Searchengine.net : Chess Defense
		Good defensive abilities earn players a great many...
		This leads to openings such as the Queen's Gambit, King's Indian Defense,...
		defense is the launching of a devastating counter-attack, a skill at which all the great
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	2005-2006 UNC Undergraduate Bulletin
		SLAV 165 Literature of Atrocity: The Gulag and the Holocaust in Russia and Eastern Europe
		Authority of the state and ethics of its acts; pacifism and national defense; the ethics of revolution; the moral problems of war in the nuclear age; the moral conditions of peace.
		A study of national defense policy as affected by the constitutional and political setting, as well as its relation to foreign policy.
	www.unc.edu /ugradbulletin/depts/pwad.html (2750 words)

	Support - ChessBase
		Not only is The Slav Defense a single-volume reference, but one in which the material is presented in a structured manner with the average player in mind.
		The Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6) is a close relative of the Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5); although the central pawn structure differs for White, Black's is identical and many of the same principles apply between the two openings.
		This is what interested me in the Slav; as a Caro-Kann player, the Slav was recommended to me by several strong players who assert that the task of learning the Slav would be easier due to my familiarity with the Caro-Kann (giving me a "leg up" as it were).
	www.chessbase.com /Support/support.asp?pid=211 (1754 words)

	Chess Opening Software
		The main task of the author is to present the most significant ideas, strategical plans, typical traps and tactical ideas while explaining the history of the opening.
		The French Defense has a proven reputation for adaptibility and soundness, and is attractive to the Black player who seeks a complex strategic fight in unbalanced positions, with healthy counterplay and many chances to decide sharp battles in his favor!
		Black´s defensive resources are based on a sound strategic foundation, and White must be alert at all times and willing to play forcefully and incisively in order to try to prove his advantage in positions with chances for both sides.
	www.chessexpressstore.com /opsof.html (3064 words)

	Kasparov crushes Deep Junior
		Deep Junior, which calculates 3 million moves per second and won the computer version of the world championship last year, selected the Slav Defense in reply to Kasparov's first move, his queen's pawn advancing two squares.
		The Slav Defense can produce exciting tactical skirmishes in the middlegame where action can break out in the center or the flanks, but Kasparov controlled the game.
		On the 17th move, Deep Junior gave up a more valuable rook in exchange for a knight and the Russian grandmaster seized the advantage, mobilizing his pieces to control the crucial central files of the board and bringing his king to safety in a corner.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2003/jan/27kasp.htm (648 words)

	The Week in Chess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the 13th round, the opening was Kings Indian defense with Sasikiran having fl.
		Yet Prakash was unable to convert that into a win and he in turn landed in trouble and lost in the sudden death time control.
		Abhijit Kunte drew with P Harikrishna in the Kings Indian defense, while DV Prasad and Konguvel split the point in a Ruy Lopez.
	www.chess.co.uk /twic/chindrd13.html (712 words)

	Slav
		Reforms of the Macedonian defense, cooperation in the area of defense among countries of the Adriatic group, Macedonia, Albania and Croatia, as well as strengthening of Macedonia's partnership with the US, were main issues on Thursday's meeting of Macedonian Defense Minister Vlado Buckovski and Director of the Project on Transitional Democracies Bruce Jackson.
		Jackson assessed that Macedonia accomplished good results in the sphere of defense, progress in the reforms of its armed forces and stabilization of security.
		Numerous meetings at different levels were realised within the frameworks of the political, defensive and parliamentary dimension as well as protection of the exchanged information in the Adriatic Charter.
	www.network54.com /Forum/thread?forumid=221692&messageid=1064829096&lp=1064829096 (1323 words)

	Karpov wins first game of chess match (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Anand replied to Karpov's Queen's pawn opening with a sharp line of the Slav Defense.
		Critically, the 28-year-old Anand failed to castle his king to safety, and Karpov, 46, succeeded in winning a third pawn as he developed an irresistible attack.
		Despite an accurate defense in which Anand often found the only viable move, Karpov's attack culminated in a speculative queen sacrifice which left him the better endgame.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/98/01/03/world-chess.2-0.html (317 words)

	The Campbell Report - "Hard Chess" Columns
		In the main lines of the Queen's Gambit Declined or the Slav, one or even two flaccid moves by White often leave Black still wondering where his counterplay is.
		White's move looks unambitious, but it is a sophisticated attempt to sidestep the Slav, forcing play instead into the main lines of the Meran.
		This comes close to being an adequate defense to the Queen's Gambit, and it should hardly be dismissed merely because it saddles Black with an IQP.
	www.correspondencechess.com /campbell/hard/h000331.htm (1777 words)

	Searchengine.net : Chess Defense
		Defense keywords: French, Defense, Opening, Kalinin, Reference, MCO...
		Defense keywords: Sicilian, Opening, Kalinin, Reference, MCO, ECO Robert Pawlak Monday, May 03, 2004
		The Sicilian Defense, from the Semi-Open Games and unlike the Open...
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	Slav - Urban Dictionary: slav (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		SLAV 470 Special Topics in Slavic Linguistics (3-5, max.
		The name 'Slav' (which has no Slavic etymology) appears in the form Various sources speak of Slav rebellions in the Peloponnesos in the 9th and 10th
		SLAV S-132 Study Abroad in the Czech Republic: Czech Culture II--Early History; SLAV S-138 Study Abroad in the Czech Republic: Czech Culture I--Contemporary
	www.widevista.com /?q=slav (194 words)

	Two Opening Questions on the Slave from Site Readers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In an answer to one of your letters you recommended 4.h3 (after 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4), which is an interesting recommendation.
		Try hard not to react in a defensive manner and allow your opponent to dominate you mentally.) 4.Nbd7 5.c3 e5 and Black has beaten you to the punch.
		Instead, the Colle is a solid system that allows you to create positions that are to your taste and also contain more than one drop of poison.
	www.jeremysilman.com /chess_opng_anlys/040201_2_open_qstn_slav.html (977 words)

	Commentary Magazine - Reykjavik vs. Miami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		...As I have said, I am not a fanatical chess player, and the nuances between the Slav and the Semi-Slav Defense are not what I would normally find gripping...
		...Spassky's tenacity and ingenuity in defense, and his will to fight after all the world's experts pronounced him doomed-these qualities, substantiated by hundreds of moves during the period of twenty-one games, gradually created, even in the ignorant, an awe commensurate with the pity felt for the moments of weakness...
		...In the afternoon, on Channels 13 and 10 in New York, one could watch Fischer and Spassky thread their way through the challenges of a Sicilian Defense, and in the evenings, on the major networks, there were the attacks and parries of democratic political selection...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V54I4P77-1.htm (2119 words)

	CHESS Lubomir Kavalek
		Shirov, a former Latvian star who found his home in Spain, is one of the most imaginative players in the world and also one of the foremost experts on the Botvinnik system of the Semi-Slav defense.
		The gloves came off early and the punches and counterblows stopped only after Shirov was faced with an inevitable mate.
		The main line of the Botvinnik Semi-Slav defense is 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/05/AR2005060501033.html (731 words)

	The ChessBase USA WebStore
		In these openings, fl accepts a mildly cramped position to be able to dictate the course of action by withholding his e-pawn from e5 as a target for white's pieces.
		Volume B of The Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO) covers the Sicilian Defense (B20-99), the Caro-Kann Defense (B10-19), the Alekhine Defense (B02-05), the Pirc-Modern complex (B06-09), and miscellaneous answers to 1 e4 (B00-B01).
		Volume E of The Encyclopedia of Chess Openings covers the King's Indian Defense (E60-99), the Nimzo-Indian Defense (E20-59), the Queen's Indian Defense (E12-19) and the Catalan (E00-E09).
	www.chessbaseusa.com /CBSTORE (1148 words)

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		Against most white lines he offers two or more alternatives, giving the individual who is piecing his or her opening repertoire together a chance to find the line that will work best.
		However, by choosing the Two Knights' Defense as the only defense against 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4, Emms has already made the choice for Black, and it is not to everybody's taste to hand over a pawn (and in some case two pawns) right from the opening to gain the initiative.
		These also vary in quality, some of them contain reasonable annotations, others only game references, others with one or two comments to the entire game, but very often without any comments at all or what is commonly known as database dump.
	www.chesscafe.com /text/hansen11.txt (5065 words)

	Harikrishna off to smooth start (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It was a Pirc defense wherein Karjakin played white and could not obtain much with his white pieces.
		Carrying on in a rather lacklustre fashion, the Ukrainian missed a simple queen manoeuvre after sacrificing two pieces for a rook and later got his rook trapped too to go down in just 21 moves.
		Wang Hao, the surprise packet of the last Dubai open, played a spectacular game in the Slav defense to outplay former World junior girls champion Zhao Xue.
	us.rediff.com /sports/2005/jul/10chess.htm (459 words)

	Chess- Slav vs. Semi-Slav (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		If W plays c5 at any time fl is in for a long defense with
		The Slav is a great drawing line if you are a great player.
		An interesting comment on the Classical Slav (i.e, 4...dxc4) from IM Semko Semkov, from a thread on the Slav in the Chesspublishing forum:
	www.chessbanter.com /showthread.php?t=17311&goto=newpost (1014 words)

	Kids Chess Network, Inc
		The logic of the game seemed to have a rhythm of its own, much like life in Manhattan, where time can be the most precious commodity.
		In the straight-up Slav Defense, after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3, Black can play, and Shipman's standard line was, 4...
		With the text, Shipman allows direct transposition to the Queen's Gambit Declined - after White's next, no longer is it a Slav where White has developed his dark-squared bishop early and agressively; rather it is a QGD where Black has played...
	www.kidschess.com /html/gamecollection/lesson0002.htm (776 words)

	Book Reviews by IM John L Watson
		'The Slav Defense' is an instructional CD-Rom on the Classical Slav (D10-D19) by FM Nikolov Dorobanov; Creative Chess Thought Audio is his company name.
		The Slav CD is a series of audio lessons which play on the ChessBase program, with all the normal options of using an analysis engine, adjusting diagram sizes, importing games and the like.
		And there are several lines he gives short shrift to that the student might want to know more about, e.g., in the Schlecter Slav line with 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7, the natural 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ is rather tricky, but Dorobanov says merely "7…Bd7 (7…Nc6)" and leaves it at that.
	www.chesscenter.com /twic/jwatson19.html (1984 words)

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