it seems my selected title is triggering some people. if i could do it again i'd change the title to something more neutral. i wrote it out of frustration because i've spent a lot of time learning the slav but wasn't getting the type of position expected.
its not out of arrogance at 'Knowing more than a GM'. i never claimed that. i am just trying to have a discussion about it but some people instead of making insightful comments about the slav just tell me i have no business discussing it here.
please, if you have nothing to add about the specific line discussed here then just find some other thread to add your wisdom to.
If you're cramped you're playing it wrong
"... [1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4] is playable although White, with best play, always keeps the initiative. ..." - Lasker's Manual of Chess (~1925)
A little earlier in the book: "... In the close openings ... not only is our knowledge limited, but even our analytical research has failed so far to produce definite and incontrovertible conclusions, ..."
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