I use this sometimes in bullet chess
What's wrong with 1.b4?
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His engine doesn't take that into account :)
Frankly, I don't believe that one can score 87 percent against an average of 2380.
My challenge is still open.
I drop an opening if ONE opponent shows me a flaw in my logic. I do not wait until the percentage of my successes drops significantly.
I already challenged you.
And, you did not react to my threads at all, so you did not 'waste time' on me at all.
If it is so as you say, that you won many many games on chesscom with this opening against strong opponents, I will be really impressed, and I will have to apologize.
I find it hard to believe it equally as good as, say, 1.e4 or 1.d4.
But I also doubt it can be anything less than equal. If there are games showing it to be better than 1.e4 or less than equal I'd suspect there are improvements to be made for one player or the other.
So perhaps in this way you could say it's about the same as any other opening. I think with best play there's no 1st move that's bad. But I think some moves are easier to play than others.
Why I like 1. b4: How many of you, as black, have an opening you know and are prepared for against e4? d4? Now, how many people are prepared against b4?
Then there's the guy that uses it all the time at the club... so all his club mates know many lines against it or at least have years of experience.
But yeah, I only know 1 line against it myself.
Apr 8, 2013
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#291
zlt, your game didn't make much sense. And certainly not as a puzzle.
Here's the PGN.
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Result "*"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6 4.c4 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.e3 c5 7.a3 Ba5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Qc2 Nc6 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Bd3 h6 12.O-O Bg4 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Bxc3 15.dxc3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Nd4 17.Qb1 g5 18.f4 gxf4 19.exf4 Qf6 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Bf5 Rfe8 22.Re1 Rxe1+ 23.Qxe1 Qxf5 24.cxd4 cxd4 25.Qe2 d3 26.Qd2 Qe4 27.Rb1 Rg8+ 28.Kf1 Rg2 29.Qe3 Qxe3 30.fxe3 d2 31.Kxg2 d1=Q 32.Rxd1 b6 33.a4 a6 34.Rd6 b5 35.axb5 axb5 36.Rxh6+ Kg8 37.Rb6 b4 38.Rxb4 f6 39.e4 Kf8 40.Rb6 f5 41.exf5 Ke7 42.f6+ Kd7 43.f7 Kc7 44.Rh6 Kd8 45.f8=Q+ Kd7 46.Qf7+ Kd8 47.Rh8#
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Nothing wrong, except better options available
falcogrine wrote:
Why I like 1. b4: How many of you, as black, have an opening you know and are prepared for against e4? d4? Now, how many people are prepared against b4?
The same goes for 1.Nh3. Or 1.f3. The 'surprise' is not a good argument.
Apr 9, 2013
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#294
I've bet 1. b4?! once in OTB chess. But the day before I played against it on correspondance, and I decided to book up, so I didn't have to open my book the next few days against it. I think my opponent OTB was quite surprised when I played the book moves longer than him. But white got an equal position, and it was a tactical blow which decided the game, not the opening.
100% score with black after 2 games (1 corr and 1 classic time)
I like 1. b4. Its unusual, weird, and can oftentimes lead to unorthodox positions. Plus, instead of playing against my opponents long-used defenses to 1. e4 or 1. d4, I bring him into my opening. I agree with the statement White can't get a guaranteed advantage from the Orangutan, but I definitely disagree with the statement that this makes the move "inferior."
I'd rather pick 1.b3 if I wanted to play something totally offbeat. Even Vlad plays that (although he usually starts with 1.Nf3).
Irontiger wrote:
falcogrine wrote:
Why I like 1. b4: How many of you, as black, have an opening you know and are prepared for against e4? d4? Now, how many people are prepared against b4?
The same goes for 1.Nh3. Or 1.f3. The 'surprise' is not a good argument.
however, b4 leads to a position that I like to play as white, has a distinct plan with pressure on black, and isn't immediately losing or just randomly dumb.
peterleeflang wrote:
Irontiger wrote:
The same goes for 1.Nh3. Or 1.f3. The 'surprise' is not a good argument.
I agree 100%. Surprises only last so long, certainly not a whole game.
They do in lightning
Especially when concocting a decent response that doesn't fall into any traps (many of my opponents lose immediately), I have a serious time advantage because I know what to play and am rather experienced. OTB I would never play b4, though. Given time, black can gain a positional advantage. No argument there!
Apr 12, 2013
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#299
Franken_Berry wrote:
You know it's a lousy opening if it's named after the Poles.
bastard
One of favourite Openings, it's easy to knock it when one ain't use to it, a lot of top class players use it now & again when they are unprepared, Try Yuri Lapshun, Solkosky, Alekhine or even Fisher to name but a few, it's all I play as White online as it's great to learn, yo!
lease be relevant, helpful & nice!
Titan, you should read my posts. It is well-known by now that Black can hope for an edge only if he advances the c-pawn ( and only after that plays Nc6 ). This restricts the white center. Note, Black has a pawn majority on the queenside that can be important in an endgame.