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Slav Defence
a solid repertoire for Black
The Slav: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6, and the light-squared bishop comes out to f5 outside the pawn chain, before ...e6. Separate recipes against the Exchange, the quiet systems, 3.Nc3, the Geller Gambit and the Ne5 and Bg5 sorties.