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Nimzo-Indian Defense

Leningrad Variation, Averbakh Gambit

E30gambitaggressiveoffbeat

  1. 1.d4Nf6
  2. 2.c4e6
  3. 3.Nc3Bb4
  4. 4.Bg5h6
  5. 5.Bh4c5
  6. 6.d5b5

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A pawn sacrifice in the Leningrad Nimzo-Indian: 6...b5 undermines White's d5 pawn, aiming for central control and a half-open f-file in return.

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About the Averbakh Gambit

The Averbakh Gambit, 6...b5, strikes at the support of White's advanced d-pawn instead of building the dark-square blockade with 6...d6. The usual course is 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. cxb5, leaving White a pawn up. Black then establishes a broad center with ...d5, castles to put a rook on the half-open f-file, and typically regains or neutralizes the b5 pawn with ...a6. The line drew wide attention after Tal beat Spassky with it at Tallinn 1973.

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