Opening · played as Black
English: Black's Side
How to meet 1.c4 as Black. The library had no answer to it at all, which meant a repertoire could look complete and leave you with nothing against one of the four most common first moves.
A position this opening is aiming for.
- You play
- Black
- Variations covered
- 50
The main line
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.b3 h5 7.h4 Nd4 8.e3 Ne6
Some of the variations
- 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.b3 h5 7.h4 Nd4
- 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Nge2 Ne7
- 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.e3 Nf6 7.b3 Be6
- 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 h5 7.h4 Bg4
- 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.e3 Nge7 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.d3 d6
- 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.e3 Nge7 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 exd4
…and 44 more in the trainer.
Train it
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