Owen Defense: Hekili-Loa Gambit is a chess opening with the ECO code B00, part of the Owen Defense family. It goes 1. e4 b6 2. d4 c5 3. dxc5 Nc6. White opens with 1. e4 (the king's pawn) and Black answers 1... b6. After 6 moves it is White to move. After the last move White is a pawn ahead in material. The lesson on the board explains every move of the line and lets you play it yourself; it is free.
The moves
1. e4 – White plays the pawn to e4
1... b6 – Black plays the pawn to b6
2. d4 – White plays the pawn to d4
2... c5 – Black plays the pawn to c5
3. dxc5 – White captures on c5 with the d-pawn
3... Nc6 – Black plays the knight to c6
About the Owen Defense
Black answers 1.e4 with 1...b6 and ...Bb7, hitting e4 from afar. It is offbeat and gives White an easy centre.
The Bb7 bishop pressures e4 along the long diagonal.
Black follows with ...e6, ...Nf6 and ...c5 to fight the centre.
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