The "point" of Black's play is that White has no immediate move to drive the Queen away without wasting a tempo. The Pawn on c3 prevents a Knight from going there immediately.  White often ends up moving his c Pawn a second time.

Horrid, I'm at a loss of words.

bad

if you're white

;)

dont like this for white because u are forced to play Nf3

good

i guess i'll try this n_n

This is one of the main approaches to defending the Alapin. Highly recommended, as it's easy to learn and offers equality with good chances.

good

I love Barman defense.

this variation gives allows black equaliza easily

ill try.,

This is a nice opening to counter Sicilian players, Nf3 and Qc2 are my favorite potential next moves.

Nf3 is under-utilized here: ...Bg4/Qa4+/...Bd7/Qf4 with original play

White should play Nc3 now but white can't.

i would line up my bishop and queen and if he allows me take his bishop and pawn not take and let his queen rape me

not good

good

personally I think the comments by people here are stupid when people say "white has handed over the power to black" etc... these openings are used by gradmasters and there is a reason why the most powerful of chess computers still include them as part of their opening books

white has handed the initiave to black - why?

Black is obviously trying to avoid the Gambit

Smith-Mora is deadly