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Alekhine Defense: Brooklyn Variation

The knight was attacked by the pawn and moves to save itself, strangely it goes backwards and anti-develops itself.

Perhaps the idea is that the Knight will now not be a target of attack in the center. The brooklyn variation is not popular at any level, but perhaps it isn't so disastrously bad.

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