1.b3 opening computer analysis

[Graham Banks]

i have many native languages:)
and you?

http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4286
Made me wonder.
Are you still enjoying "Lands of Lore 3"?

[Togga]

there went something wrong. you can short up the name to Paul W.

like the one poster Peter C. or franklin right?

i dont like crazy forums with real names. you dont know if all the names here are real .

lands of lore 3 is a nazi game:)

[Dann Corbit]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Bxc6
Bxc6 8.Nd2 Be7 9.Ngf3 O-O 10.O-O Re8

i can not find this variant in any database.
i played it as black in a rapid game, the position is draw.
anyone has this variant in his chess database?

This game transposes to two your ninth move above:
[Event "fics server game, rated blitz match"]
[Site "Internet Chess Server: freechess.org 5000"]
[Date "2009.09.25"]
[Round "-48.-151"]
[White "mazetakos"]
[Black "BigRabbit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source "Marcel van Kervinck"]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.b3 Nf6 8.
Nbd2 Be7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.O-O-O Ne8 11.Qe3 Bf6 12.Rhe1 Bxb2+ 13.Kxb2 Qf6+ 14.
Qd4 Qxd4+ 15.Nxd4 Bd7 16.c4 Nf6 17.f3 Rfe8 18.Nf1 g6 19.Ne3 a6 20.g4 Bc6
21.g5 Nd7 22.Ne2 Ne5 23.Rf1 b5 24.f4 Nd7 25.Nd5 Rxe4 26.Nec3 Bxd5 27.Rxd5
Re3 28.cxb5 axb5 29.Rxb5 Nc5 30.Rf2 Nd3+ 0-1

It contains this position:
[d]r2q1rk1/ppp1bppp/2bp1n2/8/3QP3/1P3N2/PBPN1PPP/R3K2R w KQ -

[Graham Banks]

there went something wrong. you can short up the name to Paul W.

like the one poster Peter C. or franklin right?

i dont like crazy forums with real names. you dont know if all the names here are real .

lands of lore 3 is a nazi game:)

You are expected to use your real name here unless prior permission is obtained from the website administrator, as per that post.

Cheers,
Graham.

[Togga]

thanks. interesting

i played this game over board, not online.

[Togga]

short up the name to Paul W.
or forget it.

[Nimzovik]

Being a 1.b3 afficionado I must assert that 1.b3 e5 2B-b2 is not nescessarily the best move here. In other words your engine(s) may indeed be correct in playing 2. p-e3. I could get extensive here... However on a brief note let me say that (among other issues) the Bishop in many of the closed variations of larsen's Opening that the Bishop often moves from B2 back to C1 as a redeployment. Ergo a certain amount of flexibility is afforded in regard to one's playing styles and committments. Note also that White eventually plays p-e3 on numerous variations of the system. May I also say that although the success statistics are not as good as 1.e4 etc. comparatively speaking, I would assert there are several mitigating circumstances/variables for the results of 1.b3. Happy to discuss if interested.