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DasBurner

I was playing around with this early queenside Fianchetto thing after 1. d4 nf6 2. nf3 b6, and stumbled upon this:

The win rates for this thing in the explorer are insane too, albeit a small sample size

Usually white is scoring those kinds of numbers

I tried finding some more information on this but couldn't find much. All I've seemed to have found is that there was a continuation that goes 5. c4 cxd4 6. qxd4 pioneered by some Latvian master named Berg

meowmeomeo

Wtf black wins more in percentage?? I used this variation as white all my life, and scored quite some good results.

meowmeomeo

Literally 0 people played this at the top level except Ding Liren, but only occasionally.

DasBurner
meowmeomeo wrote:

Wtf black wins more in percentage?? I used this variation as white all my life, and scored quite some good results.

I had thought it would play like a Pseudo-Queen's Indian but the absence of e6 leaves some more flexibility for black which is what's appealing me to this

DasBurner
meowmeomeo wrote:

Literally 0 people played this at the top level except Ding Liren, but only occasionally.

Apparently Tartakower played this like twice or something

hvenki

yes, some advice as well, don't play it

meowmeomeo

Let's not talk about the old  guys okay?

DasBurner
hvenki wrote:

yes, some advice as well, don't play it

thank you bananaman who plays London 

meowmeomeo

No one tries the fianchetto, as far as I know. I mean in the top 20.

hvenki
DaBabysBurner wrote:
hvenki wrote:

yes, some advice as well, don't play it

thank you bananaman who plays London 

I play caro now check my recent games

except I only know the first move

TitanChess666
Looks decent black isn’t commited to e6 and can go for g6 setup
DasBurner
meowmeomeo wrote:

No one tries the fianchetto, as far as I know. I mean in the top 20.

Well I'm not sure the top 20 would approve of me playing the Budapest gambit against d4 either tbf

krazeechess
DaBabysBurner wrote:
meowmeomeo wrote:

No one tries the fianchetto, as far as I know. I mean in the top 20.

Well I'm not sure the top 20 would approve of me playing the Budapest gambit against d4 either tbf

bruh budapest more dubious than grob attack

DasBurner
krazeechess wrote:
DaBabysBurner wrote:
meowmeomeo wrote:

No one tries the fianchetto, as far as I know. I mean in the top 20.

Well I'm not sure the top 20 would approve of me playing the Budapest gambit against d4 either tbf

bruh budapest more dubious than grob attack

ok that's a bit of an exaggeration

meowmeomeo
royalknight101 wrote:
krazeechess wrote:
DaBabysBurner wrote:
meowmeomeo wrote:

No one tries the fianchetto, as far as I know. I mean in the top 20.

Well I'm not sure the top 20 would approve of me playing the Budapest gambit against d4 either tbf

bruh budapest more dubious than grob attack

hikaru plays the budapest

Hikaru plays the Bongcloud

DasBurner

Jobava played the Budapest and that's good enough for me

punter99

looks like a good version of the queens indian because White is not in time to play d5. And Black can double fianchetto if he wants

cricket7890

This variation is good and was pioneered in the 1925 tournament in Marienbad, by a few chess masters like Nimzowitsch. This is a very good system, but the only problem is that white will play c4 earlier and then you cannot play this.

AunTheKnight
cricket7890 wrote:

This variation is good and was pioneered in the 1925 tournament in Marienbad, by a few chess masters like Nimzowitsch. This is a very good system, but the only problem is that white will play c4 earlier and then you cannot play this.

Nice knowledge, Cricket!

AunTheKnight
krazeechess wrote:
DaBabysBurner wrote:
meowmeomeo wrote:

No one tries the fianchetto, as far as I know. I mean in the top 20.

Well I'm not sure the top 20 would approve of me playing the Budapest gambit against d4 either tbf

bruh budapest more dubious than grob attack

No.