I saw this particular move order on a player's blog a few months ago and on chess.com (https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/the-universal-attack) .
Stats are not especially encouraging but that doesn't mean this opening is bad in itself.
Different opening style.
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Jul 28, 2019
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I don't have time to go into detail right now, but generally speaking, Black's third move already pretty much depends from what White is playing. While 1. ...g6 and 2. ...Bg7 can be played almost blindly apart from a few obvious exceptions (like 1. b3 or 1. e4 2. h4/f4), Black should only play ...e6 if they want to enter a Hippo formation no matter what. Against 3. Nc3, 3. c4 and 3. Nf3 - to name a few -, 3. ...e6?! is just a wasted tempo, because in these lines you hold back your e-pawn until White shows their hand and/or play ...e5 in one go later. And even IF you go Hippo, 5. ...0-0 makes only sense against certain White setups, while it is outright wrong against others. There are a lot more options for moves 3-5 in Hippo setups, too. You would simply restrict the flexibility of the Modern - one of its strongest assets - by committing yourself to a certain schematic move order. You'll be surprised how important the move order finetuning is even though you might reach the same set-up after move 10 or so, it absoutely matters on which route you arrive there.
I play a bit different variation. 1. e4 (or d4) g6 2. d4 (or e4) Bg7 3. .. e6 4. .. Ne7 5. .. O-O Does anyone else experiment with this line, and how do you combat the overwhelming force coming from B and Q on the kingside?
However, I saw in notes where someone said that it may not be appropriate and might be wasting a defensive setup to combat the QB battery. This I do understand and it is not always that I play the above moves, but most of the time.
However, I still struggle with the QB attacks.