Description
The Modern Slav with ...a6. Solid, Dynamic, and Universal Against 1.d4.
The Slav Defence has been trusted since the days of Lasker, Alekhine, and Capablanca — and in the last 15 years it has exploded in popularity at every level. IM Andrew Martin focuses on the trendy and highly effective ...a6 Slav — a modern approach that combines solidity, dynamism, and variety in an easy-to-understand package.
Grandmasters of the calibre of Kasparov, Shirov, Morozevich, Bologan, and Dreev have all used the ...a6 Slav with success — and it remains as solid and flexible today as ever.
What This Course Covers (5 hours):
- The core ideas of the Slav Defence and why ...a6 is such a powerful early move
- How Slav setups can be used against 1.Nf3, 1.c4, 1.b3, and other flank openings — making it a universal Black system
- Nine new, important games featuring strong grandmasters — demonstrating the opening's continued relevance
- Ideas for Black that work at amateur and professional level alike
A Fritz Trainer video course — 5 hours of instruction on one of Black's most reliable and flexible defences to 1.d4.
Solid. Dynamic. Universal. The Modern Slav with ...a6 — a complete Black system against 1.d4 and beyond.