GM Kraai explains how white can use an often underestimated variation for white against the trendy Slav. This line definitely contains a drop of poison! Used by such top players as: GMs Lajos Portisch and Vadim Milov, to crack the defenses of Black’s most popular Defense to the Queen’s Gambit.
The Exchange Slav for White
GM Kraai explains how white can use an often underestimated variation for white against the trendy Slav. This line definitely contains a drop of poison! Used by such top players as: GMs Lajos Portisch and Vadim Milov, to crack the defenses of Black’s most popular Defense to the Queen’s Gambit.
Content: 76 Minutes of instruction and analysis in a series of 3 lectures.
Includes: ECO: D10, D13, D14, and PGNs.
Recommended for: Advanced Players
Users rated this series: 4.0 out of 5
Chess Fans have said: Great job Jesse, interesting ideas in an underestimated line.
GM Jesse Kraai currently resides in Berkeley, California. His most notable chess achievements are winning the Denker Tournament of High School Champions in 1989 and 1990, and competing in the US championship from 2002-2006. Jesse received his final GM norm at the Foxwoods Open 2007 and has a Ph.D in Philosophy from the University of Heidelberg. Jesse is an active chess coach and just published his first book “Lisa a chess novel”.
Outline
- Part I: Busting the Main Line
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Exchange, Slav
Jesse Kraai vs. Julio Becerra
Run Time: 00:31:09 - Part II: 6..a6
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Exchange, Slav
Vladim Milov vs. Jorge H. Gomez Baillo
Run Time: 00:24:14 - Part III: Sidelines and a Recommendation for Black
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Slav, Exchange Variation
Lajos Portisch vs. Vladimir Kramnik
Run Time: 00:21:06
