A45

Basque Opening

1 named line in this family, ECO A45. 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 lineA45

1. d4 Nf6 2. b3

In the centre, White holds d4.

1. d4 Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling e5, and frees the bishop and queen.
1... Nf6 Develops the knight to f6, eyeing d5 and e4.
2. b3 Prepares the fianchetto: the bishop will take the long diagonal via b2. Theory calls this the Basque Opening.

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