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Soltis Andrew Black To Play and Win With 1g6 A Complete Defe
Soltis Andrew Black To Play and Win With 1g6 A Complete Defe
AND WIN
WITH 1 g6 . . .
A COMPI.ETE
DEFENSIVE SYSTEM
ANDREW SOLTIS
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BLACK TO PLAY
AND WIN
WITH 1 96 • • •
ANDREW SOLTIS :
INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTROD UCTION 5
SECTION I 8
White Is A King-Pawn Player
1 e4, g6 2 d4, Bg7
Variation C 3 c3 47
Three "Other White Moves" 22
(a) 3 h4 47
(b) 3 e5 47
(c) 3 Bc4 47
SECTION I I 52
White Is A Queen-Pawn Player
1 d4, g6 2 "delayed c4"
1 d4, g6 2 c4, Bg7 3 Nc3, d6 4 e4, Nc6
Variation A 5 d5 61
Variation B 5 Nge2 69
V ariatlon C 5 Be3 76
4 Table o r Contents
SECTION I l l 86
Other Opening Moves By White
I NTRODUCTION
SECTION I
1 e4 g6
2 d4
does i n A2.
l ... Bg7
Variation A
( 1 e4, g6 2 d4, Bg7)
3 N c3 c6!
Variation A1
(1 e4, g6 2 d4, Ba7 3 N c3, c6)
4 N f3
U Black To Play and Win With 1 g6 •••
(a) 4 g3?!,
... Ng4), Qa5 9 Qd.Z, c:5! 10 d5, e6 1 1 B f3, exd5 l.z ud5,
N bd7 13 B f4, Re8cb 14 N1e.Z, b5 15 d6, b4! 16 Bza8, bsc3
17 Qsc3, Qu3 18 hc3, Ba6 and Black had a v i cious at
tack in Mukbln-Tseltlln, Tash kent 1977.
Note that 4 Be3, d5 5 e5 will end u p, a fter 5 ... b5 6
Qd.Z, N b 6 with play similar to our m ai n liJle below except
that Wh ite has not advanced his f-pawn (7 h3, N d 7 8 N f3,
N f8 9 Bd3, B f5--Ciocaltea- Kurz, France 1975).
6 b 5 the improved situ ation for Black in the cen ter ma kes
the wing demonstration somewhat meaningless---6 .. N c6 7 .
4... d5
5 h3
du4 6 Nu4, Qa5ch and then 7 c3??, Qr5! On: 7 N c3, BB41
or 7 Qdl, Q:xdlch or 7 Bdl, Qd5 8 B d3, BB4 Black h as
good chances.
5 ••• N 16
6 e5
6 ••• Ne4
7 Bd3
Black may improve in this last line with 9 ... 0-0, and
i f 10 N xe4, then 10 ... cxd4 1 1 Qxd4, Qc7 or 11 ... Nc6. Black
can also a void all of the analysis in volving 8...c5 and play
instead 8... f6!?, as suggested in N e w In Chess No. 6. The
N.I.C. analysis runs 9 e x f6, e x f6 10 N xe4, Qe7 1 1 Qe2, 0-0
12 c3, ReS 13 N cS, Qd8 14 Be3, fS or 12 N cS, Qd6 13 Be3
(13 Qc4ch, Kh8 14 Be2, b6!) fS etc.
7 ••• N x c:J
8 b x c3 cS
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Tbe position now vaguely resembles a Win awer
Variation o f the F rench because o f the pawn struct u re.
Black's Queen Bishop is not locked i a b y an e6-pawa as i n
. t h e Winawer, a n d his K ing Bishop is still o n the board.
Also unlike the Winawe r, Black can easi l y castle K ingside.
And he can attack the front o f the pawn chain with ... f7·
f6.
9 dx c5!?
'··· 0·0
1 0 Be3
10... Nd7
1 1 Bd4 Qc7
ther.
Section 1: White is a Kina- P aw n Player 29
I LL U ST R A T I V E G AM E
Igor Novlkov B . Kantsler
•
1 e4 g6
.z d4 Ba7
3 N l3 c6
4 N c3 d5
5 h3 N l6
6 e5 Ne4
7 N :xe4
7... d:u4
8 Ng5 c5
9 dJ:C5
This sim pli fication leads to some pit falls for Black,
as noted i n the earlier analysis. But there are some
surprises for Whi te too, as we discover i n t h ree moves.
30 Black. To Play and Wla Wit h 1 16 •••
9 ••• QaSch
that follows.
10 B dl Q:rcS
1 1 Bel Nd7
U N d7?
12 ••• 0-0!
'
B u t playe rs o ften forget that this optical illusion is
playable. The K night can't retreat (13 Ng5???, Qx f2 mate)
and can't be protected. Now 13 e6 is no longer check (bu t
13 ...B x c3 would be).
13 Qdl R d7
14 e6 R x fl!
15 Qdl B x c3ch
16 b x c3 Q x c3cb
17 Kel
Section 1: White Is a King- Pawn Player 31
lO Qe1 Qblc:b
2 1 Qd2! Qb6
22 Qe3 Q:u6
23 Qb3! Kg7
24 Qxe6 B xe6
25 Ke3! Rdl
26 R c: l B :u2
27 Ral Bc:4
l8 Kxe4 Bxrt
29 Rbdl N c:4
30 R fc l Nd1ch
3 1 Ke3 N b3
31 R d 1 R:a:d 1
33 R:a:d 1 KC6
34 Rd5!
34... a6
35 Rd7 Na5
36 Rc7 Ke6
37 Ke4 Kd6
38 ReS N c6
39 Rh8
39... aS
40 R:a:h7 a4
41 Kd3 b5
41 Rg7?
42 ••• Kd5!
43 Kc2 b4
44 Rxg6 Nd4cb
.•
45 Kb2 a3cb
46 Ka2 c5
47 b4
47... e4
48 Rl3 Ne2?
49 Re3! Nclcb
50 Kbl Kd4
51 b5! Kxe3
52 b6 Draw agreed
Variation A2
( 1 e4, g6 2 d4, Bg7 3 N c3, c6)
4 f4
4 ... d5
5 e5 b5
6 N f3
l6 Black To Play and Win With 1 ...g6
�
This aod 6 Bel are the most common moves aod
they usually transpose i n to ooe another, e.g. 6 N fl, Bg4 7
Bel, Nh6 versus 6 Bel, N h6 7 N fl, Bg4.
6 ... Bg4
Note that a fter 6 ... Bg4 White can force matters with
7 hl, B x fl 8 Qx f3 and be t h re atens 9 f5!, libe rating h is
Bishops and severly weakening Black's pawn structu re.
Once Black b as com mi tted himse l f to a blockade strategy
with his fourth and fi ftb moves, be cannot a f ford such a
situation to develop. There fore 8 ... e6! is correct.
The posi tion then bas not been tested m uch since
the early 1970s when Fischer tried 9 gl and got a bad
game agai nst Petrosi an at the first U.S.S.R. vs. Rest-o f·
the-World Match, 1970: 9 ... Qb6! 10 Qfl, Ne7 1 1 B dl, N d 7
ll N el, 0·0·0 1l c:3, f 6 14 b 3 , N f5 15 Rg1, c:5 16 Bx f5,
ex f5.
7 Bel
7 ••• Nh6
8 Bel
8 .•. N d7
Kf8, the shi ft of the K night to h5 via e8 and g7. See also
...
9 Qdl
9••• e6
10 a3
10 ... B f8!
11 b3
1 1... B : d3
U B x l3 Nf5
13 B fl
13... h4!?
Variation B
(1 e4, &6 2 d4, 8&7)
3 N f3
4 N bdl
of the chain with 5 ... c5 m a y prove less success ful: 6 c3, Bg4
7 Nbd2, Nc6 8 h31, Bd7?! 9 0-0, e6 10 Rel, Nge7? 11 d x c5!-
·Geller·Sveshnikov, Soviet Championship 1973).
4 ••• d5
5 b3
problems (8 ... Bxe2 9 Qxe2 and Nd6ch or N x f7!? are com ing
up). Black should continue 5 BI4 and if 6 c:J, then 6... Nd7
•••
or 6 e6.
•••
5 ••• N d7
6 Bd3
6... d:w:e4
7 N u4 N g f6
(See diagram on following page)
46 Black To Play and Win Wlt b 1 16•..
Variation C
( 1 e4, g6 .Z d4, Bg7)
3 c3
a fter dxc5 Black lacks the normal resources ( ... QaSch for
example) of regaining h is pawn.
cente r with ...c7-c5 and ...Nc6. The only sign i ficant game in
this line appears to be Cblstyakovsky- Krementsky, Match
U.S.S.R. 1968 which went 5 Ne2, e6 6 Ng3, Ne7 7 Be2, c5 8
dxcS, QaSch 9 c3, QxcS 10 Nd2, Nbc6 1 1 N b3, Qb6 12
Nx fS, N dS 13 Qd3, hS with both K i ngs headed towards
Queenside re fuges. Pe rhaps better for Black is 12...gx f5!?
R e t u rning to 3 c3 •••
3 .•• d5!
4 e x d5
4 ••• Qxd5
5 Bel
6 B f3 Qe6ch
7 Ne2 cxd4
8 cxd4 N f6
Section 1: White Is a Kina- Pawn Player 51
sharp play. The game was e ventu ally d rawn a fter 13 Nh5,
Nxh5 1 4 Bx b5, &4 15 13, Bu3 16 b:rc3, Qxd5 1 7 Qxd5,
RidS 18 fxa4, Be6.
SECTION I I
1 d4 g6
l c4
But b y deny ing himsel f the move c4-c3 (pawns don't move
backwards!), Wh i te h as slightly u n dermined his d4 strong
point. Black, in our system, will try to exploit that with a
frontal assault on d4. Ideally, he will occupy d4 w i th his
Queen K n ight.
O f cou rse Wh i te can delay cl-c4 for a w h i le: l N f3,
Bg7 3 c4, for instance, will transpose into one of the notes
to Wh i te's third or fourth moves below. But consi der l
N f3, Bg7 3 e4, c6 (as per Section I, Variation B) and now 4
c4!? Black aou ld then play the posi tion two d i f ferent ways
in the cen ter. Wi th 4 d6 S Nc3, Ba4 he seeks to u n dermine
•••
(c:) 5 N c:3
d xe4 6 N xe4, Nd7 (or 6...Bg4) and 7... N g f6 yields play sim
ilar to Seci ton I, Vari ation Al, except that the use fu l
squ are c 4 i s occupied by a White p a w n and t h a t same
pawn can no longer be used to d e fend d4.
(d) s eS
m a y be the most d ange rous line since Black does not have
the ... Nc6 coun terplay he had i n line (b) above. Still, a fter
S ...Bg4 6 N c3 and now 6 ...Bx f3 7 O x f3, e6 8 Be3, a6 9 a4,
Nd7 10 Bd3, Ne7 was a solid, i f less than aggressi ve posi
tion for Black (Ornsteln-Nicevskl, Soria 1976). Perh aps
6 ... e6 is more accurate since 7 Bd3 is a doubt ful pawn sac
ri fice (7...B x f3/8 ...d xc4/9...Qxd4) and 7 Be3, Ne7 8 h 3, B x f3
9 Qx f3, N fS o f fe rs double-edged chances.
l... Bg7
(See diagram on following p age)
Sedion I I: White Is a Queen-Pawn Player 55
3 N c3
about.
56 Black To Play and Win Wit h 1 ...g6
Whi te's last move look silly (7 Be3, e5 8 d5, N d4), the only
ways for White to test Black are 6 Nbd2 and 6 Be3.· The
latter demonstrates li ttle for White a fter 6 Be3, e5 7 d5,
B x f3! 8 B x f3, Nd4 because of 9 Bg4, N f6 10 B x d4, e x d4 1 1
Ndl, 0·0 and •••c:7-c:5, with simple equality (and not 1 1
Q xd4, 0-0 when both 1 2... N xg4 and 1 2 ... N xe4! a re threat
ened). Even worse is 7 dxeS?, d:u5 when Black v i rtually
forces a passed pawn at d4: 8 Qb3, Nd4 9 B x d4, e x d4 10
Nbdl, Nf6 1 1 Qxb7 and Mlshushkov- Foigel, U.S.S.R. 1979
went 11 d3! 12 B x d3, 0-0 13 Qb3, Rb8 14 Qc:2, NbS with
••.
3 ... d6
4 e4
4 ••• N c6
Variation A
(1 d4, g6 2 c4, Bg7 3 N c3, d6 4 e4, N c6)
5 d5
5 ... N d4
6 Be3
6 •••
7 N 1el Qb6!
view.
neuver that gi ves Black cen ter and K ingside cou nterplay:
12... Ng4! 13 Rc1, 0-0 14 0-0, NeS 1S N b2, aS 16 Bb1, a x b4
17 Bxb4, b6 and Black has no se rious p roblems (Korchnoi
Speelman, Beer S beva 1987).
(b) 8 N a4
8 •.• N f6
9 f3
9 ••• Nd7
10 N a4
10... Qa6
1 1 N x d4 Qxa4
1.2 Nb5 0·0
Variation B
( 1 d4, g6 l c:4, Bg7 3 N c:3, d6 4 e4, N c6)
5 Ngel
5 ... c5
6 d5
Eventually White m ust make this ad v ance or allow
a liberating e x change on d4. A fter 6 Be3 Black can keep
his options open and the center closed with 6 N b 6 (7 f3,
•••
ample:
(a) 8 g3
70 Black To Play and Win With 1 g6 ...
0-0 9 Bg2, Ne5 10 b3, Bg4 1 1 f3, c5! 12 fxg4 (12 Nc2,
N x f3cb!), N xg4! 13 Bg1, cxd4 14 Bxd4, Ne3! 15 Bxe3,
Bxc3ch 16 K f2, f5 and Black was going great i n Guselnov
Kantsler, Frunze 1987.
(b) 8 Qd2
(c) 8 Bel
6 ••• N ce7
7 Ng3
(a) 7 r3,
(See diagram on following page)
Section II: White Ia a Queen-Pawn Player 73
(b) 1 aJ,
7... h5
8 b4 c5
Section II: White Is a Queen- Pawn Player 75
9 Bel Bd7
ally use ful, can and should be delayed u n til a fte r Wh iLe
h as spent a tempo on Bel. Also, there is a danger that an
e xchange o f Bishops will allow White to open the center,
say a fter 9.. Bb6 10 Bx h6, N x b6 1 1 Qdl, B d7 U f4!
.
10 a 3 N c8
Variation C
(1 d4, g6 l c:4, Bg7 3 N c:3, d6 4 e4, N c:6)
5 Be3
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This has recently become the most popular anti dote
to the Averbakh System in master chess. This Bishop will
watch c:S, a squ are that looms large a fter e7-e5 / d4-d5.
•••
5 ... e5
6 d5 N ce7
7 g4!?
Section I I: White Is a Queen- Pawn P l ay e r 77
(a) 7 Bdl
is quiet and i n o f fensi ve, and really doesn't add ress the
p roblem of what to do about the coming attack on e4. A f
ter 7 f5 White either h as to exchange pawns (8 e x fS, g x fS
•••
Similarly 8 fl
78 Black. To Play and Win With l. .. g6
(b) 7 14
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weakens Wh ite too . much on the dark squares: 7 ... e x f4 8
Bx f4, h61 and i f 9 h4 then 9;.. g5! a n y w ay (10 h xg5, Ng6 1 1
B-moves, h xg5 and Black h as won the k e y e 5 squ are for
his m i nor pieces).
(c) 7 Qdl
(d) 7 c5
(e) 7 b4
7 ••• rs
8 gd5
1986.
8 ••• gx f5
9 Qh5cb
9 ••• Ng6!
Section II: White Is a Queeo·Pawo Player 83
This does not lose, a piece (10 e x f5, Qh4) and ap
·
pears st ronge r than the ol d er 9 K rs idea. A fter 9 Kf8 the
••• ..•
10 ex f5
11 Qxh4
11 ••• N :x h 4
U NbS
This bid for the a-pawn is the only dange rous idea
at Wh ite's disposal. Following 12 Bd3, N x f5 or U a6, •••
12••• Kd8
13 N x a7
17 axb6, cxb6 18 RaJ, Nc8 19 B h3, Rei Whi te's pred ica
ment was obvious and he lost quickly: 2 0 B : d5cb, N x fS 2 1
NeZ, Re7 2 2 Nec3, Nd4 23 KU, e4 2 4 Ra4, e3ch lS Kg3,
BeSch 26 Kh4, Rg7! White resigns.
Section I I: White Is a Queen-Pawn Player 85
15 f3 Bx f3!
SECTION Ill
should not be frigh teni ng. A fter all, i f Black w i t h his first
fe w moves is goi ng to allow Wh i te to seize the center,
Wh i te's re fusal to do so is a t least a partial acknow ledge
ment o f the sou ndness of Black's openi ng.
Variation A
White plays dl ·d4, but not cl ·c4.
1 d4 g6
(a) 3 e3
(See diagram on following page)
88 Black To Play and Win With l. ..g6
(b) 3 B f4
(c) 3 N bdl
Stockholm 1961).
3 ... N f6
4 N bd2 d51?
5 e3 0-0
6 c3 Nbd7
7 Bel
7 ••• c6
8 0·0 Qe 8
9 Re1
9••• b6!
10 Bb4
10 ... Ne4
I L L USTRATIVE G AME
Mortazavi-Colla MeN ab
H astings Challengers, 1986-87
1 d4 d6 .
2 N r3 g6
3 B r4 Bg7
4 e3 N d7!
t h e center.
5 b3 e5
6 Bb2 Ne7
7 B c4? 0-0
8 0-0 d5!
Section I l l: White Plays V arious Openings 95
9 Bb3 e4
10 N fd2 c:5
1 1 c3 Kb8
12 Bel r5
13 d x c:S
13 ... N x c:S
14 Nb3 Ne6
1S Nd4 gS
16 f3 Qb6!
17 Bb3 f4
18 fxe4 N x d4
96 Black To Play and Win With l ... g6
19 c:xd4 dxe4
29 Nc3 N rs
2 1 NdS Qd8
..
I
22 e: d4 Be6
23 N c7?
23 ... B x b3!
Variation B
White plays the Enallsh Openlna
1 c4 &6
2 Nc3
2 ... Ba7
and 5 ...e5.
3... e5
4 Bgl d6
5 N f3
5... rs
6 0·0 N f6
7 d3 0·0
Nxe4.
8 Rb1 aS
9 a3 NbS
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11 b4 axb4
u axb4 Ba4
stronger.
13 bS
Variation C
White plays a Retl·llke System
1 N f3 g6
·
There is little i n dependent v alue to 1 N f3 i f Whi te
plays dl ·d4 or cl· c4 early on. For i nstance l c4, Bg7 3
N c3, d6 4 d4, Bg4 is. a position from Section II and 4 d3, eS
should reach one from Section Ill, V ariation B. Perhaps 4
g3 is the tri ck iest si nce 4 e5 allows Wh ite to a void trans
•••
2 g3
2... Bg7
3 B g2 e5
4 e4!?
a playable response.
4 ••• c5
5 0-0 Nc6
6 d3
n d4, Bg4.
6... N ge7
(See diagram on following page)
104 Black To Play and Win With l.. g6 .
7 Nbd.Z
15 N b 1 , N g6 16 Nbcl, R f7.
Section I l l : White Playi V·a rious Openings 105
True, Whi te had i ron con trol of d5. But be had lit
tle to say about the dozen o r so sign i ficant ki ngside
squares: 17 K b 1, Ral8 18 Ne2, g4! 19 N g 1 , lxg3 20 h:xg3, h4
l1 Khl, Nd4 22 B �: d4, h �: g3 ch 23 K�:g3, Qd S! 24 Kfl, exd4
and Whi te resigned a fter 25 Kel , B �: d5! 26 c:x d5, Qh4ch 27
Kd2, N l4.
7 ••• d6
8 a4 0·0
9 N c4
Variation D
White Fianchettoes H is Queen Bishop
1 b3
1... g6
2 Bbl N f6
lems in the v icinity of c:3 and d4. The extra f-pawn helps
Black dominate the e- file. For e x am ple, 4 d4, f5 S N f3, Bg7
6 e3, 0·0 7 c:4, d6 8 N c:3, N d7 9 Bel, N f6 10 0-0, ReB and
Ne4.
•••
N xg7 6 Qc:l! and 7 Qb2 with play along the wea kened b2-
b7 line. But 3 ... h6! stops the g-pawn in its tracks: 4 h4, Bg7
5 Bg2, d6 6 gS, b x gS 7 h xgS, R:� h 1 8 B x h l , N b S 9 Bxg7,
N x a7 10 c:4, eS and Black has better chances of e xploiting
the K i ngside than Wh i te.
3 N f3
pares for the ...eSI? punch that can be j usti fied tactically).
For example:
6 d4, Nbd7 7 c4, eS! 8 d xeS, d xe5 9 N xeS, Ng4! 1 0
N xd7, B x b 2 or 8 fxeS, d xe5 9 d S , R e S 10 N c 3 , Ng4 1 1 Qd2,
e4 1 2 h3?, N xe31-- Linder- Bondarenko, U.S.S.R. 1960.
White does better to keep lines modestly closed with
6 c4, eS 7 g31? when complex, balanced · play a rises a fter
7 ...ex f4 8 gx f4, dS.
3 ••• Bg7
S�etlon I l l: Wh ite Plays Various Openlogs 109
4 ••• 0-0
Sectloa I l l: White Plays Various Opealags 111
5 •.• d6
6 d4
will leave h i m unch allenged i n the cen ter. The bad point
about Whi te's 1 bl is that i t slows u p some o f the Queen
side strategies that work well against e7-e5, but which
•••
6 ••• Nbd7
7 0·0
7 ••• ReS
8 N b d2
8 ... e5
9 d:u5
9... dxe5
10 e4 b6
I L L U STRATI VE G AME
W. H artston-M. Najdorf
H ast1n1s 1971-72
1 N f3 N f6
.z... 16
3 b3 B 11
4 Bb.Z 0·0
S B 1.Z d6
6 d4
6 ••• Nbd7
Section I l l: Wblte Plays Various Openings 115
7 0-0 e5
8 dxeS Ng4
9 c:4 ReB
10 hl N h6
1 1 Qc:2 dxeS
12 Rd 1?! f5!
13 Nbdl e4!
14 Bs11 Kx11
15 N d4 c6
reach e5. �hanks to the ·pa wn structu re, Black can expand
on the K i ngside with h5- b4, o r N r7 -a5, or even a well
••• •••
wing and must try to e x ploit Black's l ast move with b3-b4·
b5, coupled perhaps w i t h c4-c5. The immediate 16 b4 is
called for.
16 N fl? Qf6
1 7 b4 Ne5
18 Rab1 N b f7
19 N dl a5
10 a3 axb4
U nb4 b5!
11 f4 ex f3 e.p.
13 e x f3 NJ4!
24 N i l Ne3
25 N u3 Rs:e3
26 Qd2 f4!
27 1 :1 f4 Raa3
And not 27 ... Q:x f4? 28 Nd. Note how the Black
Rooks now dom i n ate.
28 N cl Rad3
29 N :x e3
2 t ... R z d2
30 R :x dl Qd 4
3 1 Rb3 NB5
32 Rbd3 B :x b3
33 N il Q :x c4
34 Rd4 N :x f3cb!
35 B :x rJ Qz llcb
36 Kb.Z Q: d3
Wh i te resigns.
Variation E
White Plays Blrd's Openlna
1 f4
wishes.
l N f3
.z •••
3 e3
3 ••• d5
4 Be2
d6. The reason ing aga � nst Bd6 is t h at Whi te could then
•••
A fter 4 d4,
Back to 4 Bel:
4 ••• N r6
5 0·0 0·0
6 d3
There are two major alte rnati ves here. One is 6 d4,
another form o f the Stonewall. Black should p roceed wit h
a swap o f light-squared Bishops as he did i n the note to
Wh i te's fou rth move above: 6 c5 7 c3, b6 8 Qe l (note that
•••
124 Black To Play and Win Wltb 1 g6 •••
6 ••• c5
7 Qe l
7 ••• b6
K n ight may be more use ful on d7. By not block in g the a8·
b1 diagon al, Black hinders e3-e4-e5.
8 a4
Section I I I: White Plays V arious Openings US
vakla 1954).
8 ••• Bb7
9 c3
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