The North Sea Variation (or Norwegian Defence) is an
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variation in
chess
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. It is a line in the
Modern Defense
The Modern Defense (also known as the Robatsch Defence after Karl Robatsch) is a hypermodern chess opening in which Black allows White to occupy the with pawns on d4 and e4, then proceeds to attack and undermine this "ideal" center without att ...
complex that occurs after moves: 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6. A variant in the Norwegian Defense occurs after moves: 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5.
Magnus Carlsen
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Championship, World Chess Champion, five-time World Rapid Chess Championship, World Rapid Chess Champio ...
calls this variant the “Norwegian Rat”.
:1.
e4 g6
:2.
d4 Nf6
:3.
e5 Nh5
Discussion
According to Jim Bickford, one of the characteristics of this defense is the "cork-screw" maneuver the knight makes by traveling to the second rank via f6 and h5. In the introduction to his monograph, Bickford quotes the late
Tony Miles
Anthony John Miles (23 April 1955 – 12 November 2001) was an English chess player and the first Englishman to earn the International Grandmaster, Grandmaster title.
Early and personal life
Miles was born on 23 April 1955 in Edgbaston, a sub ...
as saying "The black knights are better on the second rank – a shame it takes two moves for them to get there." This joke is a reference to the fact that black knights on the second rank would likely occupy the squares d7 or e7; however, in the uncommon openings favored by Miles they tend to wind up on less characteristic squares along that rank, such as f7, g7, c7 and b7.
Sideline gambit
Norwegian Defence, Norwegian Gambit: 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.e5 Nh5 4.Be2 d6, most famously played by
Magnus Carlsen
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Championship, World Chess Champion, five-time World Rapid Chess Championship, World Rapid Chess Champio ...
against
Michael Adams at the
2010 Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad.
See also
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List of chess openings
This is a list of chess openings, organised by the ''Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings'' (''ECO'') code classification system. The chess openings are categorised into five broad areas ("A" through "E"), with each of those broken up into one hundred ...
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List of chess openings named after places
Many of the 1,327 named chess openings and variants listed by ''The Oxford Companion to Chess'' are named for geographic places.
A
*Aachen Gambit of the Nimzowitsch Defence – 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Nb4
*Aasum Gambit of the Dunst Opening - 1 ...
References
External links
The Modern, North Sea Variationon Brooklyn64
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