Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack

Amazon Attack: Siberian Attack is a chess opening with the ECO code A45, part of the Amazon Attack family. It goes 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qd3. White opens with 1. d4 (the queen's pawn) and Black answers 1... Nf6. After 5 moves it is Black to move. The lesson on the board explains every move of the line and lets you play it yourself; it is free.

The moves

• 1. d4 – White plays the pawn to d4
• 1... Nf6 – Black plays the knight to f6
• 2. Nc3 – White plays the knight to c3
• 2... d5 – Black plays the pawn to d5
• 3. Qd3 – White plays the queen to d3

Related openings

• It extends: Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation (1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5)
• Related line: Amazon Attack (1. d4 d5 2. Qd3)

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