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I don't normally care too much about British v American spellings, especially when a redirect is set up to make them both work, but I can't help thinking this subject should be spelt 'St. George Defence', given that it got its name from the patron saint of England after an English player got a notable victory with it. Anyone got any strong objections to it being moved? CTOAGN 17:20, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
The article currently implies that the name was first used by Miles and also that it was first used by Basman. I'm assuming they spoke to each other regularly, so there may be some truth to both statements, but they sound contradictory. Can someone shed light on this? -- Jao ( talk) 20:14, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
The main line of St. George Defence seems to be almost unplayable since a theoretical novelty at move 6 was introduced in the following Internet game:
[Event "Aljubarrota Vs Castela ~ from sam_barroqueiro"] [Site " http://gameknot.com/"] [Date "2019.10.10"] [Round "-"] [White "dr_siggy"] [Black "sam_barroqueiro"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2300"] [BlackElo "2134"]
1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 [!?] dxe5 7. dxe5 Ne4 8. e6 [!] f5 9. Bxe4 fxe4 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Ng5 Kc8 12. Nf7 Rg8 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. Nc3 Kb8 15. Nxe4 Nb4 16. Rd8+ Bc8 17. c3 Nc6 18. Re8 Kb7 1-0 81.193.184.192 ( talk) 03:35, 13 April 2024 (UTC)