A dubious opening to get him out of prep on move 1. There's not an official refutation for it either.
#1. b4
midnight ocean
remote matrix
I actually wanted to suggest that. Because many people will use engine, this is a good response to get him out of prep and he would blunder quite a bit.
icy briar
Is this a suggestion for black's first move? If so, it is not a legal move.
icy briar
We are white, btw.
prime dirge
A dubious opening to get him out of prep on move 1. There's not an official refu...
Um
Black acheives equality after e5 Bb2 Bxb4 Bxe5 Nf6
midnight ocean
Is this a suggestion for black's first move? If so, it is not a legal move.
Its 1... b4 as white. The polish
midnight ocean
Black acheives equality after e5 Bb2 Bxb4 Bxe5 Nf6
Yes true, I've seen that. But its better than losing
prime dirge
But its equality AS WHITE
icy briar
Its 1... b4 as white. The polish
The 1... b4 notation suggests this is blacks move, not whites
icy briar
That said, 1 b4 currently has only 189 votes on https://www.chess.com/votechess/game/386700 vs 70326 votes for 1 e4
midnight ocean
But it would still be nice to see what he plays for.
For my own learning purposes
icy briar
With 68% of the vote with 10 days remaining, 1 e4 is going to win with extremely high probability.
midnight ocean
Since I play 1. b4
icy briar
I guess you will need to find other ways to get that. The Master Games database considers 1 .. e5 (52%), d5 (18%), Nf6, c6, e6, a5 at over 1% of the master games played.
Eric Schiller (2002). Unorthodox Chess Openings (Second Edition ed.). Cardoza. ISBN 1-58042-072-9. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
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