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Rat Defense: Accelerated Gurgenidze B06

B — Semi-open games · Family: Rat Defense · basic reference page

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 c6

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Rat Defense: Accelerated Gurgenidze

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Variations of this family

NameECOMain line length
Rat Defense: English RatA414 plies
Rat Defense: English Rat, Lisbon GambitA416 plies
Rat Defense: English Rat, Pounds GambitA416 plies
Rat Defense: Balogh DefenseA824 plies
Rat Defense: Antal DefenseB004 plies
Rat Defense: Fuller GambitB006 plies
Rat Defense: HarmonistB003 plies
Rat Defense: Petruccioli AttackB003 plies
Rat Defense: Spike AttackB003 plies
Rat Defense: Small Center DefenseC004 plies

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#KlDMp rating 1590

attraction, crushing, fork, long, middlegame, pin, sacrifice

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#NzA8Q rating 2162

advantage, middlegame, quietMove, short

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