Robatsch Defense: Rossolimo Variation

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e4 Bg4

ECO A41

The Robatsch Defense: Rossolimo Variation is a chess opening reached after 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e4 Bg4, catalogued under code A41 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Bg4 is chosen by Black on move 4.

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