- ISBN13: 9781901259001
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A new title aimed at club and tournament chess players which explains how to apply the Slav Defence. Draws upon model games to highlight basic theoretical elements, practical strategies, and tactics used, as well as recent alternative variations.
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My result for playing Slav is quite good because of this book.
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5
See my comments on “The Queen’s Gambit Declined” by the same author. I became a fan of Mr.Sadler by reading his books!
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
Sadler is not only one of England’s strongest Grandmasters, he actually plays the opening he writes about. His style is lucid and witty. There are a few atrocious errors in the notes, which may or may not be typos.
The best part? The shocking piece sacrifice by Illescas on the twelfth move of Game 77.
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5
I’ve read this from cover to cover. Sadler gives you the general idea of what is going on in each of the lines he reviews and gives you his opinions of what he thinks is best. He tells you up front about the tricky move order issues in the Slav. Reading this book allows you to play the Slav but I think it will take most average players years to play it well. Due to publisher constraints, which I think Sadler hints at in the introduction, this book is far from exhaustive. Early divergences are not considered to any noticeable degree. For that you need the Burgess book on the Slav. To get to know the major ideas of the more well know lines, Sadler’s book is the right choice. I give it 4 stars for what the book does with limited pages.
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5
This book is useful to provide an overview over the currently played lines in the Slav defence. Most of the games are taken from recent tournaments featuring some of the strongest grandmasters. At the end of each chapter a nice summary of one page is given. While the main lines are explained quite thoroughly others e.g. the Smyslow variation are treated on a lower level. It has to be pointed out that this book doesn’t provide a complete coverage of the Slav theory. Therefore a tournament or correspondence player will need additional sources of information.
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5