Contents
Key to Symbols used & Bibliography
Early Deviations 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6
1 Rare Third Moves
Fianchetto Systems l.d4 tLlf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 tLlxd5 5.e4 tLlb6
3 Rare Lines 37
4 5.b3 43
5 Rare Seventh Moves 50
6 7.'~'b3 58
7 White exchanges on d5 67
Various 4th Moves l.d4 tLlf6 2.c4 g6 3.tLlc3 d5
8 Rare Options 85
9 4.~a4t 94
10 4.~b3 104
Closed Variation l.d4 tLlf6 2.c4 g6 3.tLlc3 d5 4.e3 .ig7
11 Various Fifth Moves 115
12 5.tLlf3 127
l.d4 tLlf6 2.c4 g6 3.tLlc3 d5 4 . .if4
13 Sidelines 148
14 6.Ekl 157
15 5.e3 c5 - Introduction and Sidelines 172
16 7.lkl - Sidelines and 9.tLlge2 187
17 9.tLlf3 203
l.d4 ~f6 2.c4 g6 3.~c3 d5 4 . .ig5
18 Sidelines 226
19 5.if4 242
20 5.ih4 - Sidelines 255
21 7.e3 - Sidelines 259
22 8j~bl 266
23 8.ltJf3 275
l.d4 ~f6 2.c4 g6 3.~c3 d5 4.~f3 .ig7
24 Rare Fifth Moves 291
l.d4 ~f6 2.c4 g6 3.~c3 d5 4.~f3 .ig7 5 . .ig5 ~e4
25 6.ih4 296
26 6.cxd5 304
Russian System l.d4 ~f6 2.c4 g6 3.~c3 d5 4.~f3 i.g7 5.YlYb3 dxc4
6.YlYxc40-0 7.e4 ~c6
27 Without 8.ie2 317
28 8.ie2 327
Variation Index 341