Timeline for What is this opening called?
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| May 11, 2022 at 18:39 | comment | added | Evargalo | yet the named is usual in practice. The same way that 1.e4 c5 is generally called a Sicilian even though the game can still transpose to French, Panov or Kia for instance... | |
| May 10, 2022 at 16:37 | comment | added | Arlen | It's way too early to assign a name. If White plays cd, then perhaps there's something with a name. But after ...Nf6 this could be Cambridge Springs, Tarrasch, Orthodox, Tartakover, Lasker, etc. In this case it's the White c5 move that steers us out of the variations. That c5 move seems ill-advised, but it's likely playable because Black's B is begging to be hit. | |
| Feb 1, 2022 at 14:51 | comment | added | Evargalo | 2...Nf6 is usually called the Marshall defense. | |
| Nov 27, 2021 at 6:40 | history | answered | Arlen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |