Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...Nf6/2. Nf3/2...d5/3. Bg5/3...e6/4. e3
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Moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 |
Torre Attack edit
e3 continues white's plan for a kingside assault, with the bishop on d3 and knight on e5 as targets. Black has failed to disrupt white, and needs to play carefully now.
At this point, perhaps c5 is the best response, although white already has a solid advantage.
Theory table edit
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 e6
4 |
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Be7 |
c5 |
Nbd7 |
h6 |
c6 |
b6 |
References edit
- Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.