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I’ve been working on the Caro (part 2)

by scribe | Nov 11, 2009 | Chess Lecture, games, openings, tournaments, US Chess League

All right, let’s talk a little bit more about what happens in Bronstein’s Folly (1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4!?) if Black “chickens out” and plays 4. … Bd7. The reason for this is twofold: first, it came up in a recent US Chess...

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