Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...d5/2. c4/2...c6/3. Nf3/3...Nf6/4. Nc3/4...g6

Schlechter variation Slav defence D15 4...g6 · Schlechter variation Black intends to fianchetto the dark-squared bishop. White has the option of transposing into an exchange variation with /5. cxd5/. This is quite a popular way to meet the Schlechter at the master level, since 4...g6 isn't a very useful move for Black in the exchange variation. Apart from that, White can try to develop the dark-squared bishop outside of the pawn-chain with /5. Bf4/ or /5. Bg5/. More popular, however, is /5. e3/, preparing to develop the light-squared bishop and defending c4. Theory table 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O 5. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Bg7 5. Bg5 Bg7 References