Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Spike Variation

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.g4

ECO A01

The Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Spike Variation is a chess opening line in the Nimzo-Larsen Attack complex, reached after 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.g4.

It is catalogued under code A01 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move g4 is chosen by White on move 3.

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