Chess Explained: the Main-Line Slav

Chess Explained books provide an understanding of an opening and the middlegames to which it leads, enabling you to find the right moves and plans in your own games. It is as if you were sitting at the board with a chess coach answering your questions about the plans for both sides, the ideas behind particular moves, and what specific knowledge you need to have.


The Main-Line Slav is one of the key battlegrounds of modern chess, with adherents among all levels of chess-players. It is notor...