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[ECO code D12] Move Move Here
SLAV DEFENCE
The Landau Variation

White develops his Queen's Knight to QR3(a3) to avoid an otherwise 8.Kt-B3..B-Kt5 pin. Dutchman Salo Landau died in Auschwitz in 1943.
Black's Queen's Knight develops to QB3(c6).
    White  Black	White  Black
 1. P-Q4   P-Q4	     6.	Q-Kt3  Q-B1
 2. P-QB4  P-QB3     7.	B-Q2   P-K3
 3. Kt-KB3 Kt-B3     8.	Kt-R3  Kt-B3
 4. P-K3   B-B4
 5. PxP	   PxP

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