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Zukertort Opening: Santasiere's Folly

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1.b4d52.Nf3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Zukertort Opening: Santasiere's Folly93k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
28%26k48%
20%19k46%
9.3%8.6k46%
8.4%7.8k48%
7.7%7.2k48%
7.2%6.7k41%
3.5%3.3k47%
3.1%2.9k45%
2.1%1.9k48%
2%1.8k43%
Famous games in this line200 master games
Luther, Thomas (2577) – Maiwald, Jens Uwe (2543)2004½–½Galego, Luis (2495) – Korneev, Oleg (2577)2012½–½Mikhaletz, Lubomir (2495) – Kruppa, Yuri (2570)19980–1Kabanov, Nikolai (2504) – Kharlov, Andrei (2555)2006½–½Wan Yunguo (2508) – Xu, Yi (2542)2019½–½Abbasov, Farid (2443) – Fridman, Daniel (2592)20040–1Kasparov, Sergey (2475) – Dvirnyy, Daniyl (2537)2012½–½Gorbatov, Alexej (2423) – Kuzubov, Yuriy (2578)20080–1
Heroes of this opening Kruppa, Yuri · Fridman, Daniel · Kuzubov, Yuriy
Family
Zukertort Opening
Category
Flank
First move
Other
ECO
A06
Line
1. b4 d5 2. Nf3
Positional
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