Kangaroo Defense: Keres Defense, Transpositional Variation

Kangaroo Defense: Keres Defense, Transpositional Variation is a chess opening with the ECO code A40, part of the Kangaroo Defense family. It goes 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3. White opens with 1. d4 (the queen's pawn) and Black answers 1... e6. 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.

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