If you start with 1f4 its birds opening, but this position can also arise out of another move
It's the Bird-Larsen Attack, a blend of the Bird (1.f4) and Larsen (1.b3 2.Bb2).
http://www.chesscircle.net/forums/games-analysis/34248-birdlarsen-opening.html
Actually, it makes some sense. Suppose White wants to play b3 & BB2. One challenge is, after 1.b3 e5 the bishop will be biting on granite. After 1.f4 d5 2.b3 the bishop's path is not blocked by any pawns. Here is one of GM Reinderman's games in the line:
I think FM Etman's 2...d4 & 3...Nc6 were clever. It's like he was saying, "Hah! You played f4 so my pawns wouldn't block your bishop's path, but now they still do." 2...d4 also makes e3 / Bb5 difficult so it's not easy to attack the knight and undermine the d4 pawn. But he made some inaccuracies and GM Reinderman saw how to capitalize on them. Of course, he resigned due to the upcoming pawn fork 16.e4! when White wins easily.
Here's the flip side of the coin; Black meets White's queenside fianchetto with a kingside fianchetto, a solid counter-idea that succeeds here.
I prefer the from's gambit for black here (but I like this idea too)
thanks everybody
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