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Grob's Attack
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

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Moves: 1.g4
ECO code: A00
Parent: Starting position

1. g4 - Grob's Attack

This opening is a bit of a trap with some clever lines, Black would be best advised to develop normally and not over reach to take the g4 pawn, unless the accurate theory is known as there are many tricks, but assuming you avoid them, it is equal.

Statistics

No stats as 1. g4 occurs rarely among serious chess players.

Theory table

For explanation of theory tables see theory table and for notation see algebraic notation

1. g4

1 2 3 4
g4
d5
Bg2
c6
h3
e5
d4
e4
c4
Bd6
=/+
...
...
...
Bxg4!?
c4
c6
cxd5
cxd5
Qb3 =
...
e5
d3
d5
Bg2
Nc6
h3
Nge7
=/+

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References

    • Michael Basman (1989). The Killer Grob. Pergamon chess openings. ISBN 0080371310. 
    • Claude Bloodgood (2010). The Tactical Grob. Ishi Press. ISBN 487187866X. 
    • Batsford Chess Openings 2 (1989, 1994). Garry Kasparov, Raymond Keene. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.
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