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| An early foray with the Black knight. But by comparison to the main line, the idea looks good - If 7 ... O-O had been played, one common continuation is 8 b3 Ne4 9 Bb2. Here, Benjamin gets the knight move in quicker, before White has a chance to fianchetto the dark-squared bishops. (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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