Georgiev: Attacking 1...d5 - Vol. 1This book, Attacking 1 d5, considers a gambit treatment of the Slav and the Semi Slav. White offers the c4 pawn in order to get a space advantage and a long term initiative. It also covers the Closed Catalan and the modern line 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 0 0 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5. The authors idea is to throw 1 d5 players off their comfort zone by dragging them into sharp unbalanced positions. If you are fed up with all the mainstream