Kornev: A Practical Black Repertoire with d5, c6. Volume 1: The Slav Schachtrainer And nothing as tragicomic as

And nothing as tragicomic as a needless journey ending in epic failure

Advanced players return to it as a reliable reference

The Knight on an Outpost

positional approaches

Volgograd 1985

Kornev: A Practical Black Repertoire with d5, c6. Volume 1: The Slav Schachtrainer And nothing as tragicomic asVolume 1: The Slav and other defences In Volume 1 Kornev's choice of arms against 1. d4 d5 2. c4 is one of the most popular openings in modern chess practice the Slav Defence. Besides, he considers in detail how to meet opening set ups where after 1. d4 d5 White refrains from an early c2 c4: 2. Bg5, as well as 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 and 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3. Another topic is the ever growing in popularity The London System (2. Bf4 and 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4).