What is this opening called?

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DarkLightA

Is this a good opening, and will it work? (And what is it called?)

davie85

theoretically it is a strong opening for white because it claims a lot of centre control but an experienced opponent will not let you achieve it so easily

Bonsai

Will it work ? that depends on blacks moves

has it a name ? not that I know of, if it hasn't I suppose it could be called

" Dark Light Attack."

mq1982

Attack of the idiot :-)

Niven42

Chessbase calls it "B00: Queen's fianchetto defense; Nimzowitsch defense".  But your instructions to "ignore black's play" is likely to get you in trouble, e.g.:

corum

I don't think it makes any sense to think about an opening from one side only, ignoring black's play in this case. An opening is a sequence of moves played by both sides. White may play 1. e4 wanting to play the kings gambit (e.g. meeting 1. ... e5 with 2. f4) but as soon as black plays 1. ... c5 white is playing a Sicillian. The same sort of choices occur at each move. So an opening is almost like a conversation; it's two-sided and responsive not one-sided. So to start out with a black of making some series of moves and ignoring what your opponent does will almost leave you in a losing position within a very short number of moves.

Niven42

In other words, black is usually not going to give up the center.  In order to achieve your position, black would need to ignore the development and work on the flanks, maybe like this...

BlueKnightShade
DarkLightA wrote:

 

Is this a good opening, and will it work? (And what is it called?)

 


That is not an opening, that is an ideal set up. You can probably find that in a chess book, well I once saw it in a chess book presented as an ideal. Get the two center pawns out, place the knights at their best places as shown in your diagram, put the bishops as shown, castle, move the queen a step forward to d2 or e2, get the rooks on the d-and e file. And vice versa with the black pieces. If both players try to carry that out the ideal will of course not happen; but it is a good ideal especially for beginners who don't yet know the different openings and the ideas behind the openings.

cheesehat

That is a phail opening, it just looks like white has strong central control but there are easy counters 

anonymous100

I call it the hi bye hi bye hi bye defense:idiots variation.

Mm40

I achieved that formation in a game I'm playing in which my opponent finchettoed both of his bishops. the game is pretty even but I feel I have a bit of an advantage

Tiger-13

lol cheesehat, i told u to write that.  i agree with cheesehat, it is epic phail, hard to get as the opponent will try to SNATCH it away from u, but once taken, potentially useful.  however, both bishops are unprotected, an unfortunate handicap..

Tiger-13

by the way, i called it the:

USED-BY-THE-NEWBIES-IN-THEIR-FIRST-GAME variation

Tiger-13

and btw, why aren't u always online cheesehat?

Ricardo_Morro

While the opening as given is simply an ideal setup as noted by others above, it is wrong to say that it has no name. Since it begins e4, it can at least be called "Irregular King Pawn's Game" based on its first move, regardless of the unorthodoxy of Black's replies.