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Modern Defense

Wind Gambit

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  1. 1.e4g6
  2. 2.d4Bg7
  3. 3.Bd3
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Modern Defense line in which White's 3. Bd3 blocks the queen's protection of d4, offering a pawn that engines think Black can safely take.

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About the Wind Gambit

The Wind Gambit, 3. Bd3, develops the king's bishop to support e4 but places it on the d-file, so the queen no longer guards d4 and Black can capture with 3...Bxd4. Engines rate this pawn grab as Black's best reply and give Black a slight edge. In practice most players decline, with 3...d6 the usual choice and 3...e6 next. Black scores slightly better overall in this uncommon line.

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