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Reinfeld observed of 4...Ne7, "This time-wasting retreat of the Knight to an inferior square blocks the development of the King Bishop ... .
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After 6...d6 7.Ba4, Black forks the white bishop and knight with 7...b5, winning a piece for two pawns. Likewise after 6...Ng6, Black will win
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and thus is inferior to other moves, but it sets a trap. White has several acceptable replies, for example 5.Bc4 c6 6.Nc3 Ng6 7.h4
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and threatening 6...Qa5+. If the bishop moves (6.Ba4 or 6.Bc4), Black wins a piece with 6...Qa5+,
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762:Freeborough & Ranken 1889
637:had a vogue for many years."
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502:to g6. This rare move loses
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419:to describe chess moves.
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711:Hooper & Whyld 1996
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857:. Simon and Schuster.
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873:Matanović, Aleksandar
783:Modern Chess Openings
541:Attacking the white
477:wrote that 4.d3 is "
526:on e5 is a mistake.
739:Englisch–Zukertort
619:Johannes Zukertort
453:World Championship
417:algebraic notation
415:This article uses
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641:References
597:Discussion
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479:Steinitz's
817:(1996) .
615:Josef Noa
579:6... Ng6!
404:Ruy Lopez
911:Category
849:(1954).
780:(2008).
627:treatise
605:against
588:material
520:Olafsson
490:4... Ne7
425:Analysis
635:pitfall
547:forking
531:5. Nxe5
455:match."
402:in the
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500:knight
441:theory
516:Keres
460:4. d3
443:when
395:is a
896:ASIN
859:ISBN
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551:king
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506:time
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