Saint George’s Defense (1.e4 a6)
This name came from British enthusiasts after British Grandmaster Tony Miles defeated world champion Anatoly Karpov with this defense in 1980. It is sometimes called the Baker defense.
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Variation #1
1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. c4 bxc4 4. Bxc4 Bb7 5. Qb3 threatening mate on f7 and the Bishop on b7 (Mackowiak - Kusiak, Lublin 1980)
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Variation #2
1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. e5 e6 4. Qf3 Nc6 5. c3 Bb7 6. Nh3 Nxd4 7. Qxb7 Nc2+ winning the Rook and the exchange (Mic - Wall, Internet 1996)
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Variation #3
1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 e6 6. O-O Bxc5 7. c4 b4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Nh4 Ne7 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qxc5 winning the Bishop (Wall - Ross, North Carolina 1980)
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Variation #4
1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 d5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Ng5 cxd4 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Bxg6+ Ke7 13. Bg5+ Nf6 14. Bxf6+ Kd7 {will win the Queen or mate} ----- 4.2
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Variation # 5
1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. a4 b4 7. Ng5 g6 8. Qf3 f5 9. Bxf5 Qc8 10. Be4 c6 11. Qf7+ wins further material (Ochoa Goncalves, Seville 1994)
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