A45

Paleface Attack

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. f3

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. f3 Fights for e4 from the flank - contesting the centre without committing a centre pawn. Theory calls this the Paleface Attack.

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