White pushes 3.e5, gaining space and restricting Black's knight on f6. Black typically undermines the centre with ...c5 and develops the light-squared bishop to f5. The resulting positions feature a French-like structure but with Black's bishop actively placed outside the chain.
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Move Sequence
1.e4c6
2.d4d5
3.e5Bf5
4.Nf3e6
5.Be2c5
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