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Dealing with Passive Queen Pawn Openings 2

by: IM Sam Shankland | Released: Mar 18, 2010

In his second installment of the video series designed to deal with 1.d4 Sidelines, IM Sam Shankland shows us how to play as black against the Stonewall and Zukertort Opening Formations. Once again, players looking to shore-up their opening repertoires as black against white's "Offbeat Weapons", will love Sam's review of explanations of the critical plans available to black in these structures.

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