A40-A50

Slav Indian

2 named lines in this family, ECO A40-A50. Every one of them opens 1. d4, so that move's note is 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

1. d4 Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling e5, and frees the bishop and queen.

Kudischewitsch GambitA40

1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b5

In the centre, White holds d4.

1... c6 Fights for d5 from the flank - contesting the centre without committing a centre pawn.
2. Nf3 Develops the knight to f3, eyeing d4 and e5. It also props up the d4 pawn.
2... Nf6 Develops the knight to f6, eyeing d5 and e4. Theory calls this the Czech-Indian.

Main lineA50

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6

2... c6 Theory calls this the Slav Indian.

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