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25 Cards in this Set
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Botvinnik System. White's plan: either force through d4, or keep the center closed and attack on the wings with f4 or b2-b4-b5
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Reverse Grand Prix. If black moves his bishop to g7, play e4, Nge2, and play like a Botvinnik. Else, play e3, Nge2, f4.
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Three Knights System with Bc5. White must play e3 and Nge2, with an eventual d4.
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Three Knights System with Bb4. White plays e3, Nge2, an eventual d4.
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Reverse Dragon with Nb6. White's aiming for Rc1, Re1, a3, b4, Bb2, and Nc5, to make black cede the bishop pair.
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Reverse Dragon with Be7. White plays d4, allows massive exchanges on d4, plays Qa4 and prepares to advance the e-pawn.
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Keres System with d5. White focuses on occupying d4 with a piece, attacking the pawn.
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Keres System with Bb4. White prepares h3, g4, Ng3, Nf5, and castles.
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Keres System with d6. White prepares f4, b3, Bb2.
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Keres System with e4. White plays a reverse French.
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White uses Rb1 to prepare b4.
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The Rubinstein Variation. White aims to play Ne1-d3, Qa4, b3, Ba3, to pile up on the weak pawn, as well as Bxc6 if it destroys black's pawn structure.
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The Keres-Parma variation. Develop, play Nc3, take on d5, play d4, play against the isolani.
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The Pseudo-Grunfeld with Nxc3. White aims to play d3, c4, and gets his knight to c5 via g5. Also, he aims to attack the queenside with a4 and Rb1.
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The Pseudo-Grunfeld with Nb6. White aims to play Be3, Qd2, Bh6, and then play h2-h4-h5
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The Dutch, with e6, an attempted Stonewall. Play d3, castle, and go for a quick e4.
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The Dutch with g6, an attempted Leningrad. White captures on f5 at the appropriate moment, then plays h3, g4, Ng3, d4-d5.
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Black plays an early g6 with e5. White adopts the Botvinnik setup, goes for Be3, f4, f5, g4, g5.
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Black tries to defer committing the central pawns. White will go for Qd2, Bh6, followed by h2-h4-h5.
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White takes on d5, plays Nc3, Qa4, and intends to advance g4, h4.
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White exploits the fact that b7 is undefended, doubles the pawns, and plays against their weakness.
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White exploits his edge in development to take over the center, delaying castling in favor of immediate action.
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White plays a reversed Sicilian.
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Catalan. White aims for d4, b3, and active piece play.
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White goes for a kingside pawnstorm.
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