weird opening

Submitted by santiR on Mon, 05/12/2008 at 1:45pm.

this was an improvised opening i played as white against a player about my rating. it looks like a kings indian, but i haven't seen it before. does anyone know if it has a name, and if it doesn't, can i name it?

thanks!

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by dmw1937 - 2 months ago
Bowling Green, Ohio United States

Member Since: Apr 2008
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Yes, it is the Slav Defence (by transposition). However, the piece on f3 should be the other Knight--not the Bishop Pawn. This looks like a very weak position for White to be in. If I were playing Black, I'd want to take advantage of that open diagonal from h4 to the seat of power, e1.