{"id":3554,"date":"2022-07-03T10:20:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T10:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chessquestions.com\/?p=3554"},"modified":"2022-07-03T10:35:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T10:35:06","slug":"the-slav-defense-in-chess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chessquestions.com\/the-slav-defense-in-chess\/","title":{"rendered":"The Slav Defense in Chess: Main Line, Variations and Counter Options"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Slav Defense<\/strong> 2… c6, is one family of popular defenses and popular openings against the Queen’s Gambit. What characterizes the Slav Defense is the move c6. The move was originally considered to be a less orthodox defense in the Queen’s Gambit, all in all, this opening has stood as an entire opening system for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It should be noted that the opening belongs to the group of closed chess openings. A key to understanding this opening is that instead of locking in black’s light-squared bishop on c8 by making a move like nf6, it is best to support the center with the c-pawn push instead. Pawn structures<\/a> become very important here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moves: <\/strong>1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6<\/p>\n\n\nSlav Defense Moves<\/h2>\n\n\n\n