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← Back to course2...d6 and 2...g6 — Building the Big Centre
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Goal: Stake a claim in the centre
Black's slow, non-confrontational systems hand White exactly what the Alapin wants — a free hand to erect the big centre. Note up front that 2...g6 transposes to the same structures: White answers it identically with 3.d4.