Bezgodov: The Liberated Bishop Defence metadata-enriched 4 Decision Making

4 Decision Making

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The King's Indian Defence is the right opening choice for that

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Bezgodov: The Liberated Bishop Defence metadata-enriched 4 Decision MakingA Surprising and Complete Black Repertoire against 1. d4 In many 1. d4 openings, Black has trouble getting his bishop on c8 into play. Former Russian Chess Champion Alexey Bezgodov presents a radical solution to this nagging problem: liberate your bishop right away and put it on f5 on the second move! Playing 2Bf5! against either 2. c4 or 2. Nf3 will surprise your opponent and is also a great way to support your development, because the bishop takes