Chessmate

Mikenas Defense · Black

Lithuanian Foundation (A40)

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White replies… d4

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Mikenas Defense · WhiteDifficulty 2/3

White repertoire · ECO A40

Sample line with full explanations: Advance Core: Break on d6.

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ECO A40

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  1. Lithuanian FoundationSample

    1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. e4 Ng6 5. Be3 Bb4+ 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. f3 Qe7 8. a3 Bc5 9. Qe2 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 d6 11. g3 O-O 12. Bd3 a5

  2. Advance Core: Restore d6

    1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f4 Ng6 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. e5 Ng8 8. Nf3 Bc5 9. Ne4 Bb6 10. c4 N8e7 11. Bd2 d5 12. exd6 cxd6

  3. Meet the Early f4 Center

    1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. f4 Ng6 5. c4 Bc5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. h3 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. g4 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6

  4. 2.Nf3: Independent Fianchetto

    1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Nc3 Bd7 8. Nd5 h6 9. c4 Nge7 10. Ne1 Be6

  5. 2.Nf3 and Nc3: Strike with d5

    1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 Bg4 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rad1 Nd7 12. Rfe1 d5

  6. Lithuanian Trap: Open the h-file

    1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. e4 Ng6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. O-O Ng4 8. h3 h5 9. hxg4 hxg4 10. g3 Nh4