The Slav for the Tournament Player

by Glenn Flear, R. D. Keene (Editor)

The Slav is a reliable defence to the Queen's Gambit which has been popular for well over a century. The author, a Slav specialist, attempts to provide a detailed analysis of the opening, variation by variation, suggesting numerous improvements in key lines. Glenn Flear became a Grandmaster in 1987. He represented England at the Dubai Olympiad in l986.

Genres: Chess

150 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1988

Reviews

[Serge Pierro · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this book Glenn Flear presents the Slav by going over games related to the opening variations. There is a good amount of verbal explanations, but there are also sections of the games that have no annotations or just sample lines are given.