A sharp Slav Vol. 2 in 60 Minutes

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 dxc4 In this 60-minute DVD, Andrew Martin shows the benefits of a sharp variation in the Slav where Black takes early on c4. He analyses the variations that arise after 3.Nf3 dxc4!?. Without a knight on c3, the possibilities are very different from the line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4!? where the white knight is on c3, but the idea of ​​disrupting White's plans by taking on c4 is also crucial in this variation. Black wants the c4 pawn to worry White, and White to make mistakes as he desperately tries to regain his minus pawn!