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1Lindamea1

Which of these waiting moves is better if white wants to play as black?

fremble
Probably a3

a3 can get you a reversed O’Kelly Sicilian after 1…e5 2.c4 Nf6 (d5 is favorable for white), and can actually be decent for white

h3 is likely to result in a reversed Ruy Lopez or Scotch, where black is a lot better off
chessterd5

actually, if I was going to play this philosophy, I would suggest h4 because it fits into multiple other variations. And neither side has committed to a specific pawn structure yet. That is going to vary player to player.

1Lindamea1
chessterd5 написал:

actually, if I was going to play this philosophy, I would suggest h4 because it fits into multiple other variations. And neither side has committed to a specific pawn structure yet. That is going to vary player to player.

that doesn't allow kingside castle though

chessterd5

yes it does. here are a sample of variations that play h4 at one point in the game. the London, the Tal variation and other variations of the advanced Caro Kann, the Magagovic ( probably spelled that wrong) in the KID. there is probably more.

Chessflyfisher

1 a3 has the value of stopping Black from playing the Nimzoindian in the 1 d4, Nf6; 2 c4 openings or the Winawer variation in the 1 e4, e6 openings. The problem is that, if Black is using his head, he can render 1 a3 as either useless or harmless helping Black eqalize rather easily

1Lindamea1
Chessflyfisher написал:

1 a3 has the value of stopping Black from playing the Nimzoindian in the 1 d4, Nf6; 2 c4 openings or the Winawer variation in the 1 e4, e6 openings. The problem is that, if Black is using his head, he can render 1 a3 as either useless or helping Black eqalize rather easily

yea I just wanted a good waiting move that allowed me to play the charlick and kloosterbauer gambits as white(in bullet), so the problem with blacks equalising is solved. I actually played like 30 bullet games today and won almost all 1.a3 d5 2. e4 games. a3 is op if you think about it

Chessflyfisher
lassus_dinnao wrote:

Which of these waiting moves is better if white wants to play as black?

 

Maybe a Najdorf Sicilian.

fremble
There are also much better waiting moves you can play to get certain black openings. c3 for example can become either a reversed Sicilian or Caro-Kann after e5.