Jaap played against me 1.Nf3 b6 2.g3 Bb7 - and lo' and behold! - this opening has no name!
The game continued with the most common move in the DB:
3.Bg2 e5 - this is certainly a very interesting move. Actually, to me it looks like black has imediatly equalized.
Before I go deep into analyzing this, there are two things first:
a) Since it has no name - Jaap can name it. It has been played before, but probably only Jaap has analyzed it in great detail? (If not - I will do the work but then it would be my name).
b) Please Jaap - how do you play it with black?
The CT-DB gives 4.d3 with 53 games, 4.c4 with 25, and 4.O-O with 21 games.
I suggest after 4.d3 this:
The "aim" I am trying to achieve here is to have a Maroczy-bind structure with reversed colours.
I guess that 3...e5 is a strong move for black. I tried it in a few blitz games, but never followed the plan with ...Bg7, which is guarding the e5 pawn (so the d-pawn is free to move to d5).
Edit: I looked a bit into it, and guess that 11...Ke7 is bad. White gets dangerous attack here after 12.Qe4 Nc7 13.f4
the move 9...d5 is thus wrong. Remains 9...Nc6 (this can not be bad) or maybe 9...O-O. However, this gives white time to prevent a maroczy-bind. Though I dont think this helps white much. After 9...Nc6 10.Ne3 O-O - it looks as if black has nothing to fear.
I just have had a look at it.
After the moves: 1.Nf3 b6 the defense is called:
"Zukertort Opening/ Queenside Fianchetto Variation"
And that's it.
Jaap played against me 1.Nf3 b6 2.g3 Bb7 - and lo' and behold! - this opening has no name!
The game continued with the most common move in the DB:
3.Bg2 e5 - this is certainly a very interesting move. Actually, to me it looks like black has imediatly equalized.
Before I go deep into analyzing this, there are two things first:
a) Since it has no name - Jaap can name it. It has been played before, but probably only Jaap has analyzed it in great detail? (If not - I will do the work but then it would be my name).
b) Please Jaap - how do you play it with black?
The CT-DB gives 4.d3 with 53 games, 4.c4 with 25, and 4.O-O with 21 games.
I suggest after 4.d3 this:
The "aim" I am trying to achieve here is to have a Maroczy-bind structure with reversed colours.
I guess that 3...e5 is a strong move for black. I tried it in a few blitz games, but never followed the plan with ...Bg7, which is guarding the e5 pawn (so the d-pawn is free to move to d5).
Edit: I looked a bit into it, and guess that 11...Ke7 is bad. White gets dangerous attack here after 12.Qe4 Nc7 13.f4
the move 9...d5 is thus wrong. Remains 9...Nc6 (this can not be bad) or maybe 9...O-O. However, this gives white time to prevent a maroczy-bind. Though I dont think this helps white much. After 9...Nc6 10.Ne3 O-O - it looks as if black has nothing to fear.