A48

London System, with Be2

3 named lines in this family, ECO A48. Every one of them opens 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6, so the notes on those moves are written once, just below, instead of once per line. 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.

The moves every line here plays

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6

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. Nf3 Develops the knight to f3, eyeing d4 and e5. It also props up the d4 pawn. Theory calls this the Knights Variation.
2... g6 Prepares the fianchetto: the bishop will take the long diagonal via g7. Theory calls this the East Indian Defense.

Main line, after 5. Be2, through 5. Be2A48

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Be2

Black's kingside bishop takes the long diagonal. Bf4 gets outside the pawn chain before it closes, then the same sound setup against nearly anything: c3, e3, Bd3 - low theory, a solid centre, a quiet kingside pull.

Main line, after 5. Be2, through 5... O-OA48

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Be2 O-O

Main line, after 5. h3, through 6. Be2A48

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 c5 6. Be2

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