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Chess Openings - Queen's Pawn Game with 2.Nc3
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Queen's Pawn Game with 2.Nc3

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3

White renounces the possibility of playing c4. Black's most natural response is 2...Nf6.

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3

White sacrifices a Pawn in return for a strong center and open e- and f-files for the Rooks.

3.Bg5

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5

Example game(s)

1956 Amsterdam Spassky B. - Filip M. D01

(Back to initial position.)