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THE QUEEN'S FIANCHETTO DEFENCE
aka. The Owen Defence
White's P-K4(e4) attacked Q5+KB5(d5+f5) to control the centre and opened paths for his (her) KB+Q.
Black leaves the "Épine Dorsale" for the rare Queen's Fianchetto Defence. The queen's side fianchetto [ie. planning 2..B-Kt2(b7)] was a 19th Century favourite of Englishman John Owen. Revived by some London players in 1974. B-Alt.
	White	Black
 1.	P-K4	P-QKt3
WHITE to Move or Undo or Jump or Clear
 
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