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Key set-ups
8 families
ECO B20Article1…c5Tabiya: 5.Nc3391 linesSicilian Defense
- Semi-open games
- Sharp play
- Asymmetry
Answer not with a mirror, but with a strike from the side
Study opening- ECO C30Article2.f4Tabiya: 5.Ne5191 lines
King's Gambit
- Open games
- Gambits
- Sharp play
- Open centre
A pawn for speed
Study opening - ECO B00Article3…g6Tabiya: 6.O-O28 lines
Pirc Defense
- Semi-open games
- Fianchetto
- Sharp play
- Big pawn centre
Let them build a centre: we will undermine it from the wings
Study opening - ECO B021…Nf6Tabiya: 8…Nb656 lines
Alekhine Defense
- Semi-open games
- Sharp play
- Big pawn centre
- Hypermodern
Let the pawns run far from home
Study opening - ECO C213.c3Tabiya: 5…d58 lines
Danish Gambit
- Open games
- Gambits
- Sharp play
- Open centre
Two pawns for two bishops on open diagonals
Study opening - ECO C402…d5Tabiya: 4…Nf64 lines
Elephant Gambit
- Open games
- Gambits
- Sharp play
- Open centre
A big bite with nothing behind it
Study opening - ECO C402…f5Tabiya: 6…Qg626 lines
Latvian Gambit
- Open games
- Gambits
- Sharp play
A King's Gambit in reverse, and a move late
Study opening - ECO C443.Nxe5Tabiya: 4…Ng61 lines
Irish Gambit
- Open games
- Gambits
- Sharp play
- Open centre
A knight for a pawn and a hope for the centre
Study opening