Chess Opening Theory/1. c4/1...Nf6/2. Nc3/2...e6/3. e4

Mikenas Variation
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) rnbqkb1r/pppp1ppp/4pn2/8/2P1P3/2N5/PP1P1PPP/R1BQKBNR b
Moves: 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4

Mikenas Variation

Theory table

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1.c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4

	3	4	5
	e4 d5	e5 d4	exf6 dxc3	+=
	... c5	e5 Ng8	Nf3 Nc6	+=
	... Nc6	Nf3 d5	e5 Ne4	+=

References

• Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.

• Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.