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kelv1983

Does anyone have any links to where I can buy a book or research about the opening b3 (as white) or b6 (as black) against anything? I tend to play 1.b3 2.e3 3.Bb2 (and the equivalent for black) against any opening and i love it and want to learn more about it. I researched that its called the Larsen's opening or Queens Fianchetto but all I can find are specific variations of it and mainly as white. Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

notmtwain

There are several books available on "Larsen's Opening" on Amazon, including one by well known Grandmaster Andy Soltis "Larsen's Opening 1 P-QN3" , written in 1972, and another "Larsen's Opening", written in 1986, from Bill Wall, who is well known chess author and is also a member here.

Three posts on his blog here may be helpful:

voltronsupreme

there a few books on both openings, I found them all on amazon. But some books are better than others depending on where you are presently at with the opening. What i mean is some books are loaded with alternate lines and some are geared as a primer. for those looking to start off with the opening I recommend the books written by Andrew Soltis. Winning with the English (b6 defense) and i cant recall the title but he has one written for b3 as well. Both vooks are very small about 150 pages long, but they get to the point. They will explain the most common candidate moves and traps. The nice thing is that since the book is small you can finish the book in a week. Once you have the fundamentals of the opening down, you can move on to a more in depth book, which will cover more alternate lines. My second favorite book on the openings are those written by everymanchess move by move. But .i would start with the two small books written by Soltis. It will make the other other books easier to comprehend, since you will habe the basics down. .think of it as pre calculus before taking calculus, if that helps. The only real draw back of the two small books is that they are a bit dated, and his B3 version is in descriptive which i hate. but dont let that discourage you from getting the books. What I have found is that many are not booked up on either opening. And as you move on to tougher books those lines will be discussed more in depth.

ruben72d
voltronsupreme wrote:

there a few books on both openings, I found them all on amazon. But some books are better than others depending on where you are presently at with the opening. What i mean is some books are loaded with alternate lines and some are geared as a primer. for those looking to start off with the opening I recommend the books written by Andrew Soltis. Winning with the English (b6 defense) and i cant recall the title but he has one written for b3 as well. Both vooks are very small about 150 pages long, but they get to the point. They will explain the most common candidate moves and traps. The nice thing is that since the book is small you can finish the book in a week. Once you have the fundamentals of the opening down, you can move on to a more in depth book, which will cover more alternate lines. My second favorite book on the openings are those written by everymanchess move by move. But .i would start with the two small books written by Soltis. It will make the other other books easier to comprehend, since you will habe the basics down. .think of it as pre calculus before taking calculus, if that helps. The only real draw back of the two small books is that they are a bit dated, and his B3 version is in descriptive which i hate. but dont let that discourage you from getting the books. What I have found is that many are not booked up on either opening. And as you move on to tougher books those lines will be discussed more in depth.

you're not by any chance the guy that wrote the only review on bill walls b6 book? :p