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Chess Opening Theory/1. b3/1...e5

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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)
Moves: 1. b3 e5
ECO code: A01
Parent: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack

1...e5 · Modern variation

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By beginning with 1. b3, White allowed Black to take the centre with 1...e5. This is the most popular and ambitious continuation for Black.

Some are dismissive of the 1. b3 move order because of this reply: White is left playing an Owen's Defence with colours reversed, "and not even an extra tempo can make that fully respectable."[1] For this reason, Nimzowitsch preferred[2] the move order 1. Nf3 (preventing e5) d5 2. b3. On the other hand, by not playing Nf3 yet, White retains the option of f4 to contest e5 later.

Having already played prepared to fianchetto with 1. b3, White's continuation is invariably 2. Bb2. 2...Nc6, to defend the e5 pawn, follows, though the timid 2...d6 is occasionally tried.

White may then play 3. c4 to prevent 3...d5, but normally, White is happy to allow Black to take over the centre with both e5 and d5, planning to later attack it with the flank c and f pawns. Instead, the typical Nimzo-Larsen plan is to continue with the more patient 3. e3, opening up their other bishop.[3]

Theory table

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1.b3 e5

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack,
Modern Variation
Bb2
Nc6
c4
Nf6
e3
d5
cxd5
Nxd5
a3
Bd6
Qc2
0-0
Nf3
Qe7
Nc3
Nxc3
=[4] [3]:Ch. 3
...
...
e3
g6
f4
Bg7
Nf3
d6
Bb5
Bd7
0-0
Nf6
fxe5
dxe5
Ng5
0-0
[4] [3]:Ch. 2
...
...
...
Nf6
Bb5
d6
Ne2
Bd7
0-0
a6
Bxc6
Bxc6
d4
Qe7
c4
g6
=[4]
...
...
...
d5
Bb5
Bd6
[3]:Ch. 1

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References

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  1. Schiller, Eric (1998). Unorthodox Chess Openings (1st ed.). New York: Cardoza Publishing. pp. 304–306. ISBN 0 940685 73 6.
  2. Nimzowitsch opening collection, chessgames.com
  3. a b c d Jacobs, Byron; Tait, Jonathan (2001). Nimzo-Larsen attack (1st ed.). London: Everyman Publishers plc. ISBN 1 85744 286 5.
  4. a b c Kasparov, Gary; Keene, Raymond (1986) [First published 1982]. Batsford Chess Openings (4th ed.). London: B.T.Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0 7134 2114 2.
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