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Grob Opening: Keene Defense, Main Line

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Overview

Grob Opening: Keene Defense, Main Line is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A00.

The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.

Play reaches this position via 1. g4 d5 2. h3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. c4 Bd6 6. Nc3 Ne7, after 12 plies of opening development.

It is a variation of Grob Opening: Keene Defense, which itself descends from the root opening Grob Opening.

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ECO code
A00
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
12
Parent
Grob Opening: Keene Defense

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