Line Starting 3.Bc4
An alternative approach for White is to play 3. Bc4, and either delay d2–d4, or forgo it altogether and instead play d2–d3.
3.Bc4 is also White's route to an attempted Légal Trap.
3...Nc6 brings about the Paris Defence.
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