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English Opening: King's English Variation, Kramnik-Shirov CounterattackBETA

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Black plays an early Bb4, immediately threatening to weaken White's pawn structure after the trade Bxc3.

This line was popularized by Vladimir Kramnik and Alexei Shirov, who played the opening in slightly different ways.

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