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Re: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3!?
Reply #8 - 09/25/05 at 20:50:06
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Kindermann recommends after 3..Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 the line 5.Bb2 Nc6 6.g3 Be7 7.c4 Nc7 (Ndb4 8.a3 and the White bishop still protects square d3) 8.Nc3 for white, but is this really good? After 8...o-o 9.Ne4 d5 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.d4 (11.Bg2 e5) cxd4 12.Nxd6 Qxd4 13.Nxd4 e5 14.Nf3 Qf6 Black gets full control of square d4.
The normal move 9.Bg2 also gives Black good play after both d5 10.exd6 Qxd6 and f6 10.exf6 Bxf6.
Isn't White's opening play too slow?
The more general question is: what is White's best way to meet 3...Nf6 ?
  
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Re: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3!?
Reply #7 - 09/24/05 at 12:16:46
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Dennis Monokroussos in his excellent blog “The Chess Mind” (http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/) mentions that Kasparov and Nakamura have played some blitz chess at the playchess.com webstite.  Nakamura has some (all?) of the games in his library on ICC.  His handle is “Smallville”.  I mention this because Kasparov plays as White 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 in 3 (if I remember correctly) games.  I don't recall ever being told a name for 3.b3 either.
  
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Re: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3!?
Reply #6 - 09/24/05 at 04:04:00
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I think 3.b3 is a horse with no name yet. Maybe it should be called Westerinen-Oral Attack, after two important practicioners.


Well, Westerinen doesn't talk more than necessary in my experience... Grin

There seems to be many players who use it regularly, even Kasparov has 4/4 with it from simuls, even Tal and Keres used it occasionally.

Still, considering Westerinen being the first GM addict, maybe The Finnish Variation, would be a good name. Then we'd have a capital (Moscow), a surname (Rossolimo) and a nationality (Finnish) for this repertoire... Smiley

If there are any other suggestions we could have yet another poll! Yey! Wink
  
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Re: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3!?
Reply #5 - 09/23/05 at 15:57:04
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I think 3.b3 is a horse with no name yet. Maybe it should be called Westerinen-Oral Attack, after two important practicioners.
3.b3 b6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb7 6.Nb5 is a very interesting gambit recommended by Kindermann.
  
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Re: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3!?
Reply #4 - 09/23/05 at 09:33:07
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 = Rossolimo
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5 = Moscow
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 Don't know what this is called.

Rublevsky seems to have switched to 3.c3.
  
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Re: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3!?
Reply #3 - 09/23/05 at 09:19:02
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DIdn't Rowson say this line was not so good for White?
There was a NIC survey on 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 sometime ago. You could try tracking that volume.

I do think the only sideline against 2... e6 with any bite is 3. c4!?. Otherwise, the 5. Bd3 Kan is quite fun for White imho, though not sure what is White's best against the Taimanov!


Hmm, I can't believe that white should be worse after 3.b3. There's just too many really good players using it as white...

Anyway, thanks for the references!
  
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Re: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3!?
Reply #2 - 09/23/05 at 08:52:05
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I think you are right Inn2, as Rublevsky plays 3.c4 all the time.
  
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Re: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3!?
Reply #1 - 09/23/05 at 08:00:15
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DIdn't Rowson say this line was not so good for White?
There was a NIC survey on 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 sometime ago. You could try tracking that volume.

I do think the only sideline against 2... e6 with any bite is 3. c4!?. Otherwise, the 5. Bd3 Kan is quite fun for White imho, though not sure what is White's best against the Taimanov!
  
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3!?
09/23/05 at 06:56:35
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3!? - Does this variation have a generally accepted name?

Anyone who knows about possible sources about it?

I know about Kindermann's internet articles and Kaufman's 'Black and White Advantage' book, are there any more recent (i.e. from the last 5-6 years) sources on it?

If one is prepared to play the Rossolimo and 3.b3, I suppose one would get time over to look into the best lines against the Najdorf, Scheveningen and Dragon - which are the most interesting and fun sicilian alternatives to play against anyway. (Ok, there's 2...Nf6 too, but that's not very sicilian anyway...)
  
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