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Feb-02-06
 | | alexmagnus: <1.b3> was first time mentioned in the 16th century by Lucena. But I don't think someone will call it the Lucena Opening:-) |
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| Feb-02-06 | | Ludamad: Didn't Lucena call it slow? |
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| Feb-03-06 | | schnarre: <Ludamad> Probably. |
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| Feb-04-06 | | Mate Hunter: Isn't 1.b3 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack and has ECO A01? |
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| Feb-04-06 | | Mate Hunter: Under "Uncommon Opening (A00)" it stays 1 a3, b3, d3, g4 etc. 1.b3 isn't A00! |
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| Feb-06-06 | | schnarre: <Mate Hunter> Noticed that too, eh!? |
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| Mar-17-06 | | MorphyMatt: How can I submit an odds game? How can I delete the QN or whatever from the start position? |
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| May-12-06 | | blingice: Looking at the PGN from Morphy vs Maurian, 1869. That PGN looks like
[Event "New Orleans"]
[Site "New Orleans"]
[Date "1869.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "P Morphy"]
[Black "C (odds) Maurian"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP<->R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"] 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Ne2 Be6 7.O-O O-O 8.f4
exf4 9.Nxf4 Ne4 10.d3 Bf6 11.dxe4 Bxb2 12.Rb1 dxe4 13.Nxe6 Qe7 14.Nxf8
Rd8 15.Qh5 Qe5 16.Qxf7+ Kh8 17.Nd7 1-0 |
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| May-22-06 | | melianis: "van Geek" is my nickname for todays extremely sound opening. To add some more obvious "humour", I'd poetize that: horse is aloof, or is it a mule?
way too cool is the horse's stool.
Genetive!! |
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| May-22-06 | | OddLie: <melianis> That was by far one of the most retarded posts I have ever read in my life. |
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| May-23-06 | | melianis: In this database, van Geet has currently
white wins:36,89%
black wins:41,75%
draws :21,36%
not taking transpositions into account. IMHO, van Geet ensures a very good fighting middle game, if I'm up to it. Anyway, 1.Nc3 is one move. |
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| May-23-06 | | OddLie: <melanis> Thank you for making a more worthy post. Yes, 1 Nc3 is a somewhat enjoyable move, although I myself prefer 1 b4 if I want to confuse my opponent. |
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| May-30-06 | | suenteus po 147: Today's opening of the day is 1.b4, classified under Uncommon Opening (A00) and has possessed many names, from The Orangutan Opening, and The Polish Opening, to Sokolsky's Opening. It's a wing attack, along with it's cousin the Grob, that seems to be very tactical, but is it more playable than the Grob? Is it less playable? What's the mainline to 1.b4 played today? |
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| May-30-06 | | whatthefat: <suenteus po 147>
I've dabbled a little in Sokolsky's opening. It's certainly more playable than the Grob! I'm not sure of the main line exactly. An interesting and common line runs:
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6 4.c4!?
One of white's strategic goals is to push his pawns to b4, c4, d4 and e3, with powerful play on the queenside. If black turns down the b-pawn on move 2, play can become sharp as white can try to immediately storm black's kingside. Black is often advised to play 1...c6 however, which also leads to interesting play. The idea being to stop the advance b4-b5 (which plays a key role in many lines), and to give the option of harassing the b-pawn with the queen immediately. |
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| May-30-06 | | refutor: to people who play things like 1.a3, hoping to transpose to play black up a tempo, what do you play v. 1. ...f5? 
click for larger viewplaying 2.d4 transposing to a reversed bird ;) is no good because it is just a dutch a tempo down. i just was on yahoo for the first time in years and i got 1.e3 f5 so i was thinking about 1.a3 ;) |
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| May-30-06 | | Swapmeet: <is no good because it is just a dutch a tempo down> Yes, but a person who plays 1.a3 would simply see it as playing the black side of a Bird's Opening. The extra a3 may or may not prove useful. I used to play 1.a3 in tournaments simply with the intention of giving up the first move advantage as white, and hopefully throwing my opponent off a bit psychologically. |
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| May-30-06 | | goldenbear: <refutor> You play 2.c4. |
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| Jun-01-06 | | goldenbear: Also, if 1.a3 d5, then 2.b4 is forced if White is serious about an advantage. I feel the same about 1.a3 c5. I prefer 2.b4 in that event as well. In general, I feel that inhibiting or eliminating the Black c-pawn from the wing is White's most promising opening strategy. If a3 c5 b4 e6, I like 3.e4 |
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| Jun-04-06 | | DeepBlade: <refutor> Try 2.d4, transposing into a Dutch (A80) Or while your at it, try to 2.b4 like this game (actual colors are reversed) Karpov vs Miles, 1980 |
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| Jun-14-06 | | goldenbear: I said that if a3 d5, then 2.b4 is forced. I have come to think that 2.d3, reserving b4, may be stronger. |
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| Jun-14-06 | | goldenbear: <DeepBlade> I think 2.d4 is a weak move vs f5. In that case, a3 may be a wasted tempo. I like c4 b/c an early f4 is a weakening as White against the Sicilian. Why not play that position up a tempo? |
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| Jun-17-06 | | DeepBlade: I find a3 an interresting move, not nessesarily a wasted tempo. 2. d4 is just a grab at the center, and thats how I play comfortably. Its like playing the King's Gambit with a3, its a very paradoxy topic. One move can make no difference, and one move can change it entirely. d4 with e3 c4 Nc3 Bc4orBd3, steering into a Nimzoish opening, anything with good queenside play. Defend the kingside and you will be o.k. |
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| Jun-17-06 | | Bartleby: <I find a3 an interresting move, not nessesarily a wasted tempo.> This is only true if Black fails to take advantage of such an innocuous first move by equalizing (or playing for a win). If White is able to convert 1. a3 into an opening variation like the English via transposition, then it turns out not wasted (barring the normal blunderbusts). 1. a3 can't be called hypermodern like 1. b3 or 1. g3 because it contributes nothing towards control of the center (at best a wing with an eventual b4). 1. a3 belongs more to the realm of psychology than chess openings. Like the Grob and the Sid Vicious attack (1. a4). |
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| Jun-18-06 | | DeepBlade: <1. a3 belongs more to the realm of psychology than chess openings> Agreed. Another nice opening is the Kings gambit declined 3. ...Nf6. I still dont know how to handle it. 1.e3 isnt the worst move out of the 20. |
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| Jun-18-06 | | Bartleby: <1.e3 isnt the worst move out of the 20.> That great Irishman James Mason would agree. J Mason vs Chigorin, 1881
J Mason vs S Rosenthal, 1883
J Mason vs Schlechter, 1899
Seemed that he transposed it into a Colle Zukertort whenever he could. Also, a Nimzo-Larsen is fairly easy to obtain from 1. e3 1. f3, on the other hand, *is* the worst first move on the board. On the other hand, 1. e4 f6!! is a forced win for black. Morphy vs T W Barnes, 1858
This is why the Dutch Defence is looked at as a good fighting defence for black, but the Bird is regarded as an unambitious eccentricity for White, though it's something of a Dutch with a tempo up! |
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