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| The wild line in this opening starts with 7 Qg4, aiming to clean out the Black kingside and then defend later. deFirmian prefers to attack rather than defend, and therefore gives Black no encouragement for attacking the center. (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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