Australian Defence (chess)
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| Moves | 1.d4 Na6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ECO | A40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Queen's Pawn Game | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Australian Defense — chess opening, beginning with the moves 1. d4 Na6.[1]
Details
It refers to Semi-Closed Games, is black's response to Queen's pawn opening. The name of the opening comes from the Australian Champion in 1992 and Ocean Champion in 2000, Aleksandar Wohl, International Master. In tournaments, he repeatedly and effectively used this defense, although in general this debut at world-class competitions is extremely rare.[2] The Australian Defense is described in his chess course by International Master (Grandmaster since 2022) Renato Quintiliano in 2018.[3] This defense is often used by Hungarian grandmaster Ticia Gara.[4] Black's ideas in this defense are similar to White's Durkin Attack, the advantage of the opening is that the pawn structure is not affected.
It is recognized as somewhat dubious, but can transpose to the slightly more acceptable de Bruycker Defense in the Caro–Kann if the game continues 2. e4 c6. The Australian Defense has been played by American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura to draw a game with Chinese grandmaster Wang Yue in 2018, English grandmaster Tony Miles in 1996 to draw a game with Swedish grandmaster Ulf Andersson,[5] and American grandmaster Andrew Tang to defeat international master Craig Hilby in the Professional Rapid Online Chess League.
See also
References
- ↑ "Australian Defense - Chess Opening".
- ↑ "A40: Queen's pawn - 1. D4 Na6 - Chess Opening explorer".
- ↑ "Beat the Dynamic Defences after 1.d4 d5 2.c4".
- ↑ "Gara, Ticia - 2700chess.com".
- ↑ "Ulf Andersson vs Tony Miles (1996)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
External links
- Australian Defense Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
- Australian Defense at lichess.org
- Discussion at chess.com
- The Austrian Defense: A Symmetrical System against the Queen's Gambit
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