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[ECO code C20] Move Move Move Move Move Here Move Here Move Here Move Here
THE ALAPIN OPENING
aka. The Hippopotamus Game
White leaves the "Épine Dorsale" to develop his/her King's Knight defensively to K2(e2). In the rare Alapin Opening White keeps the option of 3.P-KB4 to attack Black's KP (a delayed "King's Gambit"), although the Kt blocks White's KB+Q and allows Black to probe the K-side by ..Q-R5. W-Alt.
	White	Black
 1.	P-K4	P-K4
 2.	Kt-K2
BLACK to Move or Undo or Jump or Clear
 
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