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| Natural, but it allows a continuation where Black can exchange some minors with 7 ... Ne4. 7 Bd3 would not invite such a situation, and if then 7 ... O-O 8 Nc3 controls the e4 square. (Have a question? Ask GM Rohde! Not all questions can be answered, but the Grandmaster will pick selected topics to cover live from e-mail received.) |   |
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