Larsen's Opening, Can you name the expert in this opening?

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This opening is very interesting whites surprises his opponent by playing 1.b3 . Many top players played this opening like Magnus, Hikaru, Caruana, 

https://www.chessonly.com/larsen-opening/

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Larsen

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Many years have gone by without a 1 b3 game played by Larsen. Possibly helpful:

The Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Move by Move (2013)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627052905/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen175.pdf

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kindaspongey wrote:

Many years have gone by without a 1 b3 game played by Larsen. Possibly helpful:

The Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Move by Move (2013)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627052905/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen175.pdf

not much helpful for me! i think link has two books!

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One of the reviews is of a book about the Nimzo-Larsen thing. Perhaps, one could learn something about the users of the opening from the games in the book.

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Looks like Bagirov played it a lot.

 

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=A01

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Quasimorphy wrote:

Looks like Bagirov played it a lot.

 

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=A01

Yes you are right!, but in this article ( https://www.chessonly.com/larsen-opening/)  only top players discussed with great results. anyway thanks for sharing info!

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Richard Rapport is the main GM who plays this regularly AFAIK.

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Rapport is mentioned in a chessbase article:

https://en.chessbase.com/post/what-is-the-name-again-about-the-nimzowitsch-larsen-opening

See also: http://www.chessgames.com/player/richard_rapport.html

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Jobava and Rapport, Naka plays it a lot at fast time control.

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http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=49467

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Julio Granda

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poucin wrote:

Jobava and Rapport, Naka plays it a lot at fast time control.

agree!