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Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation
a b c d e f g h
8a8 black rookb8 black knightc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black knighth8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black kinge7 black pawnf7 black pawng7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black kingd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black kingd5 black pawne5 black kingf5 black kingg5 black kingh5 black king5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 black kingd4 black kinge4 black kingf4 black kingg4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 white pawnc3 black kingd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 black kingg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 black kingc2 white pawnd2 white pawne2 white pawnf2 white pawng2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 white knightc1 white bishopd1 white queene1 white kingf1 white bishopg1 white knighth1 white rook1
a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

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Moves: 1. b3 d5

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation

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1. d5

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Black's move d5 controls the center and opens up the queenside bishop. This prevents White from playing e4 or Nc3 as the pawn will be taken or the knight kicked respectively.

White can respond with a variety of moves, where most of them lead to the same result, like Bb2 and Nf3.

Theory table

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For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation.

1. b3 d5 2345Analysis
Nimzo-Larsen Attack:

Classical Variation

Bb2
Nf6		 e3

e6

Nf3

Be7

d4

O-O

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Nimzo-Larsen Attack:

Classical Variation

by transposition		 Nf3
Nf6		 Bb2

e6

e3

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Wikipedia has related information at Nimzovich-Larsen Attack

References

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  • Eric Schiller (2002). Unorthodox Chess Openings (Second Edition ed.). Cardoza. ISBN 1-58042-072-9. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  • Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.


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