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1 e4 d5 2 ed5 Qd5 3 Nf3 Bg4a 4 Be2 Nf6 (or 3 ... Nf6 and 4 ... Bg4) 5 0-0
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| 1 | Nc6 |
h3b Bf3c |
Bf3 Qe6 |
Qe2 Qe2 |
Be2 Nd4 |
Bd1! e5 |
c3 Ne6 |
d3 |
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| 2 | Nf6 |
0-0 Nc6 |
h3 Bh5 |
d4d 0-0-0 |
c3 e6 |
b4 Be7 |
Nbd2 g5 |
b5 Nb8 |
g4 Bg6 |
Ne5 |
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e6 |
h3 Bh5 |
d4e Be7 |
c4 Qd6 |
Nc3 0-0 |
Be3 c6 |
a3 Nbd7 |
b4 a6 |
Qd2 Qc7 |
Rfd1 Rfd8 |
Bf4 |
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c6 |
c4 Qd8 |
Nc3 Be7 |
Be3 0-0 |
g4 Bg6 |
Ne5 Nfd7 |
Ng6 hg6 |
f4 |
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Nc6 |
Be3 0-0-0 |
c4 Qd7 |
Qb3 Na5 |
Qc3 Nc6 |
Rd1 |
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Be7 |
Re1 Rd8 |
c4 Qd7 |
Nd2 Bg6 |
Ne5 Ne5 |
de5 Ne4 |
Ne4 Be4 |
Qd7 Rd7 |
Ba7 |
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Rd8 |
Nbd2 Be7 |
c4 Qd7 |
a3 0-0 |
Re1 a6 |
b4 Bg6 |
Nb3 |
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a) 3 ... g6 4 d4 Bg7 5 c4 Qd8 6 h3 Nf6 (Nh6 7 0-0 Nf5 8 c3 0-0 9 Na3!⩲) 7 0-0 0-0 8 c4 Qd8 8 Nc3 c6 9 Bf4⩲
b) A popular alternative is 5 0-0 0-0 6 h3 Bf3 7 Bf3 Qd7 8 c3 Ne5 9 d4 Nf3 10 Qf3 Nf6 11 Nd2⩲
c) If 5 ... Bh5 then 6 d4 0-0-0 7 c4±
d) Also fine is 7 Nc3 Qd7 8 g4 Bg6 9 Bb5 0-0-0 10 Re1 Qd6 11 d3 e6 12 Bc6⩲ or Be3⩲
e) Again, white can consider 7 Nc3 Qa5 8 d4 Bb4 9 Nb1 0-0 10 c3 Be7 11 Nbd2 Nbd7 12 g4 Bg6 13 Nc4⩲
