A00 · Flank · a plan for White

Grob Opening: Keene Defense, Main Line

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1.g4d52.h3e53.Bg2c64.d4e45.c4Bd66.Nc3Ne7
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Grob Opening: Keene Defense, Main Line1.3k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
39%49251%
31%38546%
14%17345%
4.6%5839%
3.5%4424%
2.3%2922%
1.2%1540%
1.2%1523%
1.1%1439%
0.8%1020%
Famous games in this line10 master games
Basman, Michael J (2400) – Keene, Raymond (2475)19810–1Basman, Michael J (2400) – Kudrin, Sergey (2465)19810–1Reprintsev, Alexander (2415) – Pugachov, Alexey (2427)20060–1Ohtake, Sakae (2385) – Dunlop, Gordon (2444)20140–1Narciso Dublan, Marc (2235) – Cramling, Pia (2470)19910–1Basman, M. (2313) – Bates, Ri (2374)20180–1Tuturin, Sergey (2248) – Nikitin, Andrey (2418)1999½–½Basman, Michael J (2385) – Singh, Sukh Dave (2225)19890–1
Heroes of this opening Keene, Raymond · Kudrin, Sergey · Pugachov, Alexey · Dunlop, Gordon
Family
Grob Opening
Category
Flank
First move
Other
ECO
A00
Line
1. g4 d5 2. h3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. c4 Bd6 6. Nc3 Ne7
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