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[ECO code A60]
BENONI TRANSPOSITION
TAL METHOD to BLUMENFELD VARIATION
Black pushed his KP out to challenge White's QP, freeing his KB and aiming for freedom in the centre based on a half-open K-file.
White transposes into the Blumenfeld Variation by developing his King's Knight to KB3(f3). W-Alt.
    White   Black    Transp.White Black
 1. P-Q4    Kt-KB3	  (1.)
 2. P-QB4   P-B4    (2.	P-QB4  P-K3)
 3. P-Q5    P-K3    (3.	Kt-KB3 P-B4)
 4. Kt-KB3	    (4.	P-Q5	   )
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