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The Franco-Indian Defence is a chess opening characterized by the moves: 1.d4 e6. This play allows White to play 2.e4, entering the French Defence. If White wants to continue with a Queen's Pawn Game however, 2.c4 and 2.Nf3 usually transpose to a familiar opening such as the Queen's Gambit Declined, Nimzo-Indian or Queen's Indian.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... 8. d4 Qf6 9. Ng5+ Kg6 10. ... since Black is able to respond ...Qxh6 if White were to play d4 followed by Bxh6.
In the game of chess, Indian Defence or Indian Game is a broad term for a group of openings characterised by the moves: . 1. d4 Nf6 [1]. They are all to varying degrees hypermodern defences, where Black invites White to establish an imposing presence in the centre with the plan of undermining and ultimately destroying it.
The Stonewall Attack is a chess opening characterized by White playing pawns to d4 and e3, bishop to d3, knight to d2, and then completing the Stonewall structure by playing pawns to c3 and f4. This set-up is usually achieved by a 1.d4 move order but transposition is also possible via Bird's Opening , 1.f4.
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The Franco-Indian Defence (also Horwitz Defence) is a chess opening defined by the moves: . 1. d4 e6. This response to White's 1.d4 is so named "because it may lead to the French Defence, or to one of the Indian Defences; it may, however, take a different course."
A flank opening, it is the third most popular of the twenty legal opening moves White has, behind only 1.e4 and 1.d4. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The move has been described by Edmar Mednis as a "perfect and flexible opening" [ 6 ] and by others such as Aron Nimzowitsch as "certainly the most solid move, whereas moves such as 1.e4 and 1.d4 are both ...
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