Talk:Slav Defense

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I did the best I could in creating this page, but it could use some help from someone who knows the theory. (I don't play the Slav.) The Slav is so large that I intend that the Semi-Slav variations be treated separately, but there's still a lot missing here, such as the Slav Gambit. Quale 03:16, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Replying to my own talk entry is lame, but I added the Slav Gambit and fixed some other errors I had made, most importantly some bad evaluations of variations. (The original assessment of the Slav Gambit was too negative.) Fashions in openings change, so unless a move is a well known mistake I think it's best to provide only general evaluations. Now we need a daring soul to create the Semi-Slav Defense article, either including the Meran or making that a separate article. Quale 23:12, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Undertaking a quest to make a decent article on the Semi-Slav is indeed daring. The Meran is extremely complex, and the Botvinnik attack is one of the most hairraising lines I know of, though it's fun to play it in blitz. I think those two lines should go in the same article though. In the meantime I have initiated the Queen's Gambit Declined article. Sjakkalle 14:57, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Czech V. 6.Nh4

The article includes 6.Nh4 in the list of variations but doesn't comment in the text. Does this variation have a name? Now that Topalov used it in the 2006 World Championship match we should say something about it. Clearly White wants the bishop pair after 6...Bg6 7.Nxg6. 165.189.91.148 16:39, 10 October 2006 (UTC)