Chessmate

English Opening · Black

Reversed Dragon, ...d5 and ...Nb6 (A20)

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English Opening · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO A10–A38

Sample line with full explanations: Reversed Dragon, Main ...d5 and ...Nb6 Plan.

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ECO A20–A28

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  1. Reversed Dragon, ...d5 and ...Nb6Sample

    1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8

  2. Four Knights, Reversed Dragon Move Order

    1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8

  3. Four Knights 4.e3, Queen Recapture

    1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d3 O-O 8. Be2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc2 Rd8

  4. Four Knights 4.e3, Doubled c-Pawns

    1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 e4 7. Ng5 Qe7 8. f3 exf3 9. Nxf3 O-O 10. Be2 b6

  5. Four Knights 4.e4, Central Counterplay

    1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Ne4 8. Qf3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba5 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O-O Qe7

  6. Four Knights 4.d4, Pin and Pressure

    1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ne5 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 O-O

  7. Four Knights 4.d3, Quiet Development

    1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. g3 Re8 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O h6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Bf5

  8. Four Knights 4.a3, Immediate Central Break

    1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. Be2 Qe7 10. O-O Bd7

  9. Delayed Nf3, ...Bb4 and ...e4

    1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O e4 7. Nd4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. dxc3 Qe7 11. b3 Bg4

  10. 2.Nf3 Move Order into the Reversed Dragon

    1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8

  11. 2.e3 Sideline, ...Bb4 and ...d5

    1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Nxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Re8 10. Be2 Nc6

  12. 2.b3 Sideline, Central Occupation

    1. c4 e5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bb5 Qe7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. d3 Bg4

  13. Reversed Dragon, Sharp 7.Nxe5 Main Line

    1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Nxe5 Nxc3 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. bxc3 Qd5 10. Nf3 Bh3