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Barnes Defense — opening family

1 catalogued lines · ECO B00–B00

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The shortest catalogued line of the family runs 1. e4 f6 — the position below. The continuation chips count how many catalogued lines extend this head with each next move; explore the full tree below and play any branch against the engine.

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Variations tree of the Barnes Defense family

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All 1 lines

NameECOMain line length
Barnes DefenseB002 plies