Anglo-Dutch: 4...c6 dark square attack

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SmurfOnSteroids

My new opening to demolish the English. I've been having a lot of success with this against the English when I modified my opening to 4...c6

 



SmurfOnSteroids

You're assuming in your analysis that I going to play the worst possible moves. There is only one registered blunder. And chess is a game where you only win if you make less mistakes than your opponent, so that goes without saying.

Synaphai

The opening is basically a Dutch Stonewall without a white pawn on d4.

5...Bb4 looks dubious; after 6.a3, ...Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 means black has lost a good bishop and been left with a bad one, while 6...Be7 just highlights the pointlessness of black's previous move.

In the final position, white can save his knight and get a good game with 15.Qc1 or 15.Bd2. Although he is two pawns down, Stockfish evaluates the position as roughly equal, which is probably connected to black's underdeveloped queenside.