Anglo-Slav Variation, with dxc4
- 1.c4Nf6
- 2.g3c6
- 3.Nf3d5
- 4.b3dxc4
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A less common branch of the Anglo-Slav Réti in which Black answers White's b3 by capturing on c4, giving up the d5 point for a temporary extra pawn.
Train it in TheoriaAbout the with dxc4
Instead of the usual 4...Bf5 or 4...Bg4, which bring the light-squared bishop outside the pawn chain, Black uses 4...dxc4 to take the pawn on c4 as soon as White plays b3. Black is briefly a pawn up, with pawns on c6 and c4 on the same file, and White is to move. In return the capture gives up the d5 pawn that anchored Black's Slav-style center.
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