007 Preface

The Meran Variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4

7.Bxc4 b5

011 1 8.Bb3; 8.Be2

022 2 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3

The Classical System

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

031 3 12.Qe2 c4 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.Ng5

036 4 12.Qe2 c4 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.Nd4

042 5 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 c4 14.Ng5

052 6 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 c4 14.Nd4

The Dreev-Filipenko Variation

063 7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.Ng5 Nf8 15.f4 0-0-0 16.Qe1

074 8 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 Bd6 14.Ng5 Nf8 15.f4 0-0-0 16.Qe2

The Modern System

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

083 9 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nxc5 Bxc5

096 10 12.0-0 cxd4 13.Nxd4

107 11 12.0-0 cxd4 13.Re1 g6

123 12 12.0-0 cxd4 13.Re1 Be7

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

133 1 7.a3, 7.Rb1, 7.e4, 7.Bd2, 7.cxd5

148 2 7.Be2

154 3 7.Bd3

The System 6...Bd6

158 4 7.a3, 7.e4, 7.Bd2

165 5 7.b3 0-0 8.Bd3; 8.Bb2

170 6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6

184 7 7.Be2 0-0 8.b3

193 8 7.g4 h6

Rare Lines

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