3. Bc4
3. Bc4
3. .... Be7
( 3. .... Be6 4. B:e6 f:e6 5. d4 e:d4 6. N:d4 e5 7. Ne6 Qe7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qh3 and white is much better Chandler - Large 1987, or 3. .... Qf6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Nge7 7. h3 Bd7 8. b4 white is a little better Chandler - Hodgson 1987 )
4. d3
( if 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. Re1 0-0 6. d4 e:d4 7. N:d4 a6 8. a4!? c5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Qe2 Nc6 black is a little better Mestel - Georgadze 1980 )
4. .... Nf6 5. c3 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Bb3 Be6 8. Bc2 h6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. d4 Bg4
equal
( if 11. .... Rfe8 12. h3 Nf8 13. c4 white is a little better Kasparov - Georgadze 1979 )