Baltic Defense

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Baltic Defense

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Moves

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5

ECO

D06

Named after

Paul Keres (Born in the Baltic state Estonia)

Parent

Queen's Gambit Declined

Synonym(s)

Grau (Sahovic) defence

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The Baltic Defense (or 2...Bf5 Defense) is the chess opening that begins with the moves

1.d4 d5

2.c4 Bf5

(The similarly-named Baltic Opening is a different opening played by White that begins 1. Nc3.)

The Baltic is an unusual variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined. It has not found widespread acceptance among chess masters, but some world-class players have used it including grandmasters Paul Keres and Alexei Shirov.

In most defenses to the Queen's Gambit Declined, Black has difficulties developing his queen bishop. This opening takes a radical approach to the problem by bringing out the queen bishop immediately.

White has a number of moves in reply to this opening, including 3.Qb3, 3.Nc3, 3.cxd5, 3.e3, and 3.Nf3.

[edit] References

Nunn, John (1999), Nunn's Chess Openings, Everyman Chess, ISBN 1-8574-4221-0
Polugajewski, Lev (1984), Damengambit, Tschigorin System bis Tarrasch-Verteidigung, Sportverlag Berlin