B00

Barnes Defense

1 named line in this family, ECO B00. Under each line you get its moves and the sentences it adds that this page has not already printed. A line's own page carries up to its first 4 per-move notes in full.

Main lineB00

1. e4 f6

In the centre, White holds e4.

1. e4 Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling d5, and frees the bishop and queen.
1... f6 Fights for e5 from the flank - contesting the centre without committing a centre pawn. Theory calls this the Barnes Defense.

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