Contents

Preface ...07

The Meran Variation
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5

1 8.Bb3; 8.Be2 ...11
2 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3 ...22

The Classical System
8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0-0 a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7

3 12.Qe2 c4 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.Ng5 ...31
4 12.Qe2 c4 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.Nd4 ...36
5 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 c4 14.Ng5 ...42
6 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 c4 14.Nd4 ...52
The Dreev-Filipenko Variation
7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.Ng5 Nf8 15.f4 0-0-0 16.Qe1 ...63
8 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.Ng5 Nf8 15.f4 0-0-0 16.Qe2 ...74

The Modern System
8.Bd3 Bb7 9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd7

9 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nxc5 Bxc5 ...83
10 12.0-0 cxd4 13.Nxd4 ...96
11 12.0-0 cxd4 13.Re1 g6 ...107
12 12.0-0 cxd4 13.Re1 Be7 ...123

The Anti-Meran Variation
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2

The System 6...b6
1 7.a3, 7.Rb1, 7.e4, 7.Bd2, 7.cxd5 ...133
2 7.Be2 ...148
3 7.Bd3 ...154

The System 6...Bd6
4 7.a3, 7.e4, 7.Bd2 ...158
5 7.b3 0-0 8.Bd3; 8.Bb2 ...165
6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 ...170
7 7.Be2 0-0 8.b3 ...184
8 7.g4 h6 ...193

Rare Lines
9 6.a3, 6.Bd2, 6.cxd5, 6.Be2, 6.a3 ...202