Opening(white) b3 e5 Bb2...help variants
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I've been experimenting with openings, I accidentally pushed my b2 pawn to b3, started to resign, but decided to play it out. Black played e5, then Bb2....I've played 50+ games just toying with different ideas for variations. this plays quite well as black on defense, but not so much as white on attack. maybe I'm missing something. can't seem to find much info on this, possibly because it's viewed as flawed and a poor choice? thoughts???
The main line is 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 Qh4 6.g3 Qe7 7.Nf3 f6 8.fxe5 fxe5 9.Nxe5 Nf6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nxc6 Qe4 12.O-O with equality, but no more for White. If Black continues with optimal play, white will have to give back the exchange and will have minor and 2 pawns for a Rook and development.
Edit - Check a book or database. I might have inverted moves 9 and 10 for both players.
Not very experienced with this opening, but I’ll contribute with what I have : kinda feel that playing 1.Nf3 before 2.b3 is more pleasant as it prevents 1...e5. Bishop has more scope!
the one aspect I do like about b3 followed by Bb2 is the bishop is attacking e5, and has potential to capture the opposite rook. I do not play Nc3 because it closes the bishops line. instead I play Nf3, a3 preventing bishop/knight advances, then open up pawn center for other bishop, push queenside pawn 2, and develop knight from in front of queen. but this is just my experience playing with an odd opening/defense
Possibly of interest:
The Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Move by Move (2013)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627052905/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen175.pdf
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ThrillerFan wrote:
The main line is 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 Qh4 6.g3 Qe7 7.Nf3 f6 8.fxe5 fxe5 9.Nxe5 Nf6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nxc6 Qe4 12.O-O with equality, but no more for White. If Black continues with optimal play, white will have to give back the exchange and will have minor and 2 pawns for a Rook and development.
Edit - Check a book or database. I might have inverted moves 9 and 10 for both players.
I thought these days people were starting out with this stuff
1.b3 e5
2.Bb2 Nc6
3.e3 Nf6
4.Bb5 Bd6
the point is to give up center to the black in the opening and to attack it later, in middlegame by side attacks. don't think you ll achieve opening advantage or initiative from early stage but later in the game.
Check Larsen, Stein games for more reference.
llamonade wrote:
ThrillerFan wrote:
The main line is 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 Qh4 6.g3 Qe7 7.Nf3 f6 8.fxe5 fxe5 9.Nxe5 Nf6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nxc6 Qe4 12.O-O with equality, but no more for White. If Black continues with optimal play, white will have to give back the exchange and will have minor and 2 pawns for a Rook and development.
Edit - Check a book or database. I might have inverted moves 9 and 10 for both players.
I thought these days people were starting out with this stuff
1.b3 e5
2.Bb2 Nc6
3.e3 Nf6
4.Bb5 Bd6
I never said there aren't other lines, but the main line is still the line I gave, and it's the line I will always play. White must deviate if they want something else.
The highest rated player that I ever beat over the board I beat in this exact opening where he deviated on move 11 with 11.Nd3?!
It is the final game of the following article written in 2017:
https://charlottechesscenter.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-art-of-miracle-draw.html
thanks for the information everyone
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