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Two Knights:Colman Defence
a b c d e f g h
8a8 black kingb8 black rookc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black kingh8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black kingc7 black kingd7 black kinge7 black kingf7 black pawng7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black pawnd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black knightg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black knightb5 black kingc5 black kingd5 black kinge5 black pawnf5 black kingg5 white knighth5 black king5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 black kingd4 black kinge4 black kingf4 black kingg4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 black kingd3 white bishope3 black kingf3 white queeng3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 white pawnd2 white pawne2 black kingf2 white pawng2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 white knightc1 white bishopd1 black kinge1 white kingf1 black kingg1 black kingh1 white rook1
a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

1rbqkb1r/p4ppp/2p2n2/n3p1N1/8/3B1Q2/PPPP1PPP/RNB1K2R b

Moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5 c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 Rb8 9. Bd3

Two Knights:Colman Defence

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9. Bd3

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This Bishop retreat while unnatural due to it blocking in the d-pawn gives added protection of the e4 square which the White Knight may soon occupy makes this a tough move for Black to face.

Theory table

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

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5
6.Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 Rb8 9.Bd3
9 10 11 12 13
1 Bd3
Be7		 O-O
O-O		 Re1
Rb4		 Nc3
Rf4		 ∞
2 ...
h6		 Ne4
Nd5		 b3
g6		 Qg3 +=
3 ...
Bd6		 Nc3
O-O		 +=
4 ...
Rb4		 Nc3
Be7		 +=

Statistics

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Estimated next move likelihood
h6 50%, Bd6 30%, Be7 20%

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References

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Wikipedia has related information at Two Knights Defence

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