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A flank opening advocated by Arved Heinrichsen (1876-1900) but often called the Baltic because of his Lithuanian origins. Although Black can transpose into several K4(e4) openings, he also has good possibilities with 1..P-Q4 and 1..P-QB4 (below). |
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| White seeks a limited occupation of the centre, bringing his queen's knight over to the king's side of the board (move 7wb, right) before launching a queen's-side attack. | ||
| Several early transpositions include a QP.Game (Chigorin Var.), a Vienna Game and a Closed Sicilian. | ||
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Begin or Clear or Groups |
or see move: |
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1..d5
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1..c5
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