So... what's the idea behind the move? It seems that it allows white to play d4 with tempo. If dxe5 doesn't lead to a good position then c3 seems like a pretty simple way to get a powerful center. However after dxe5 Qg6 0-0 Qxe4 Re1, doesn't white look much better developed?
Ruy Lopez: My "Inspired" Opening Variation
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The point of this post was to more or less demonstrate to those who might be unclear in positional evaluation why certain moves are considered bad. They've all probably been trained to grimace at the sight of a knight on the rim. I want them to actually see why. I guess this was more focused on the beginners out there.
When you think about the move 3..Nh6 in Black and White, it loses no material, develops a piece, and doesn't impede the Queen's diagonal. I was once trying to teach someone around 1000 on here how to conduct the opening. This person played Nh3. When I asked her why not 3. Nf3!, she replied that it would block her queen! You see, up until that point, all I had told her was that she should aim for the center, develop, and allow her pieces the flexibility to move about the board.
The "idea" behind the move is 4...Qf6. I got this from the board 2/ 1 at my highschool, who was an erratic attacker that liked having all his pieces developed as quickly as possible. He was actually a rather mediocre opening technician, seeing as how he never studied anything other than tactics.
Is it a good idea? No. Does it look interesting? A little. Is it fun? Maybe. Would I rather be White? Yes.
Also, d4 is not played with the gain of an entire tempo (I'm not sure half tempo exist, but bear with me for a moment). 6...Qg6 attacks both the g2 and e4 pawns simultaneously. After 8. Re1!...Qg6 9. B-f5...B-h2 10. g2 ... R-d7 11. Nc-d2... B-e7 12...0-0
For all those reading this, I would first like to say that my inspiration for this variation was ChessTrainor. If it weren't for his god-awful opening choices, I never would have thought of this. I call it Ruy Lopez: Highly Questionable Variation. It goes as follows:
Now I have to present an analysis of the opening to prove its merit, or lack thereof.