After 1 d4 Nf6 2 Bg5 c5 White usually exchanges on f6 or goes 3 d5, but 3 Nc3!? is not without bite and can lead Black into waters where he may not feel too comfortable. A respectable response is 3...cxd4 4 Qxd4 Nc6 5 Qh4 e6 6 e4 Be7 7 0-0-0 d6 8 f4 Qa5 when the position rather resembles a Sicilian:
Perhaps White should begin with 9 Bb5!?, since 9 Nf3 h6 is quite awkward, but in Lindberg-Landa Black prefers 9...Bd7 and never looks too at home after 10 Bb5, although then again neither does the solid grandmaster ever really look like he might lose.
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