Zaire Defense

Zaire Defense is a named opening in the book. The main stored line runs d4, Nc6, d5, Nb8, e4, Nf6, e5, Ng8. The book has 1 lines under this name, across ECO codes A40 to A40.

1 lines in the book · ECO A40 · 2 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Zaire Defense

Play the next move in the line.

  1. d4
  2. Nc6
  3. d5
  4. Nb8
  5. e4
  6. Nf6
  7. e5
  8. Ng8

Move by move

  1. White pawn moves from d2 to d4.
  2. Black knight moves from b8 to c6.
  3. White pawn moves from d4 to d5.
  4. Black knight moves from c6 to b8.
  5. White pawn moves from e2 to e4.
  6. Black knight moves from g8 to f6.
  7. White pawn moves from e4 to e5.
  8. Black knight moves from f6 to g8.

Variations

Puzzles from this opening

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Puzzle rating 804 · played 294 times in the source set

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