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Zukertort Opening: St. George Defense

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1.Nf3a6

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Zukertort Opening: St. George Defense160k games · White to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

49k54%

38k57%

25k54%

20k56%

7.1k56%

5.7k53%

5.7k54%

5.3k51%

1.2k54%

1.1k58%

Famous games in this line24 master games

Keymer, Vincent (2693) – Erigaisi, Arjun (2725)20221–0 Pantsulaia, L. (2597) – Fedoseev, Vl3 (2719)20180–1 Mendonca, Leon Luke (2530) – Bernadskiy, V.. (2619)20200–1 Wen Yang (2617) – Tabatabaei, M. (2509)20170–1 Teske, Henrik (2500) – Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel (2465)19970–1 Krivonosov, O. (2416) – Laurusas, T. (2511)2019½–½ Arnaudov, G. (2408) – Maksimovic, Bojan (2499)20240–1 Mohr, G. (2392) – Maksimovic, Bojan (2499)20241–0

Heroes of this opening Keymer, Vincent · Fedoseev, Vl3 · Bernadskiy, V.. · Tabatabaei, M.

Family: Zukertort Opening
Category: Flank
First move: 1.Nf3
ECO: A04
Line: 1. Nf3 a6

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