2...Bf5 Defence
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The 2...Bf5 Defence
The 2...Bf5 defence is a chess opening beginning with the moves
- 1.d4 d5
- 2.c4 Bf5.
The surprising Bishop move seems to be played first by Paul Keres in 1953. It gained a modest popularity since then but, despite some efforts by Alexander Morozevich, vanished from modern tournament praxis. The move scores 38% for Black (compared to 40% for the Slav Defense or 42% for the King's Indian Defence) according to chessgames.com. However, only 183 games on record.
If White tries a direct refutation of Blacks daring concept by 3.cxd5 Black answers 3...Bxb1 4.Txb1 Dxd5 5. a3 Nc6 6. Nf3 0-0-0 7. e3 e5! and Black is satisfied. Better is 4. Da4+ c6 5. Txb1 Dxd5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd2 Ngf6 8. e3 e6 9. Qc2 and White has a slight advantage due to his pair of Bishops.