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  <p>Can White choose a variant/move order such that there is no good way for Black to solve the standard problem of the Bc8 in d4 openings and the dude has to stay put for a while?</p>
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  <p>No, not while the Queen's Indian exists.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Can White choose a variant/move order such that there is no good way for
  Black to solve the standard problem of the Bc8 in d4 openings and the
  dude has to stay put for a while? (Doesn't mean Black has a bad game!)</p>
  <p>For example, I read a short article about the Slav exchange variation
  and if I understood correctly, Black better play e6 sometime, leaving
  the Bc8 on d7.</p>
  
Tags: <opening><strategy>
Title: 1.d4 and the Bc8
ThreadText: # 1.d4 and the Bc8
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2024-04-15)
  
  Can White choose a variant/move order such that there is no good way for
  Black to solve the standard problem of the Bc8 in d4 openings and the
  dude has to stay put for a while? (Doesn't mean Black has a bad game!)
  
  For example, I read a short article about the Slav exchange variation
  and if I understood correctly, Black better play e6 sometime, leaving
  the Bc8 on d7.
  
  **Tags:** opening, strategy
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2024-04-15. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  > Can White choose a variant/move order such that there is no good way for Black to solve the standard problem of the Bc8 in d4 openings and the dude has to stay put for a while?
  
  No, not while the Queen's Indian exists.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Perhaps I should have restricted it to 1.d4 d5, but then, I play Queens and Nimzoindian all the time myself and generally avoid d5...  
  
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