Slav Defense: Beginner Mistakes

The Slav defense is a very good option for beginner and intermediate level chess players. It is known as one of the most solid opening systems for black against 1.d4. However, we need to be aware of the common beginner's mistake that we'd want to avoid (mainly as White)! There are 3 good reasons to play the Slav defense as a beginner. 1: The first reason - to replace the pawn on d5 with another one, so the center of Black doesn't end up inferior. If White continues by capturing on d5, black simply recaptures and we get the symetrical pawn structure, which is known as lifeless, and for sure doesn't make white happy. 2: The second reason to play c7-c6 is to create a serious threat of winning for free the white c4-pawn. The pawn on c6 is going to support the b7-b5 pawn push, which then supports the c4-pawn once black makes the capture. So white needs to be much more carefull regarding that pawn on c4 after black pushes c6. 3: The more standard way of defending the d5-pawn and the black center is pushing the other pawn - the e7 one to e6, entering the Queen's Gambit Declined. If Black refrains from pushing e6, their light-square bishop is going to continue being active on the c8-h3 diagonal. Keeping that bishop active is - basically - the main idea behind the Slav. Black is, actually, intending to play e6 evantually, but first they want to get an opportunity to move their Bishop in front of the pawn chain, to g4 or f5, and only then continue their kingside development. Video is consisted of the following chapters: 0:00 Three reasons to use the Slav defense 1:40 Issues with an early Nb1-c3 move 3:29 Black is being greedy with the d5xc4 4:43 Black is being overly ambitious (early Bf5) 5:52 Best way to fight against the early Bf5 10:36 For the comment section: How against an early Bg4? Level: Beginner/Intermediate #bf5slav #slavdefensechess #slavdefenseforbeginners #slavdefence 🔊 JOIN THE CONVERSATION Facebook:   / bbchesschannel   Instagram:   / very_bad_bishop   Twitter:   / badbishop_chess