What's wrong with 1.b4?

I second that he's mentally challenged.  If you look just at the message right after yours alone, the following can be said:

1) Uhm, It's not the Bishop going to b4, it's the pawn.  Pawn moves don't use capital letters.  That's b4, NOT B4!

2) Here he is talking about d-pawn development, and finding the time for c4.  Uhm, hello?  Main line!  1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6 4.c4, yeah, that was really really really hard getting that c-pawn developed!  And what says you have to move the d-pawn?  After 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6 4.c4 O-O 5.Nf3 Re8 6.e3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5, I see no d-pawn advancement, and actually, the d-pawn can't advance.  White will typically play Be2 (with or without a3 thrown in), and often will retreat the Bishop back to b2, whether forced to by ...Nc6 or not.  d-pawn stays home bro!

3) What says the Knight has to go to d2.  There are many lines where the Knight gets developed on c3, or even a3.

4) It's not about occupying the center for White.  The Sokolsky (or Polish or Orangutan or whatever other name you want to call it) is all about an early grabbing of the Queenside.  Often times, an early b5 is played (especially in 1...d5 lines), and b5 becomes White's strongpoint, and what it does is impedes Black's development of his Queenside pieces.  They tend to trip over each other.  Black looks to counter this "discomfort" with fighting for the center.  Let's not forget the old adage.  Counter an attack on the flank with an attack in the center!

lol

Classless society nowadays fischeriii! (If we are to be politically-correct:)

1.b3 is not a bad-move but cannot recommend b4.

Expertise87, it looks like you are mentally challenged, if you had read my post correctly you would have seen that I posted no current "notable GM" would seriously consider playing 1.b4.  Is english a second language for you?! Secondly my post stated that no notable GM has played 3.Bxe5.  If you know of a notable GM who played 3.Bxe5 under tournament conditions please enlighten us.  Thirdly in Capablanca vs Kevitz, White did not play 3. Bxe5 because Black did not allow him too!  

fischerii, you still do not admit that 3.Bxe5 is the best ? Check with a computer if you don't believe any of the people who post here .

Whether a GM is "notable" is objective and subject to opinion.

fischeriii, please go play marbles. Chess apparently does not serve your profundity that well.

BEES your analysis is somewhat correct. It seems you are the only person on here that understands the shortcomings of 1.b4.  pfren on an "online" rating of 2300 or so, I wonder how many games he played against others using a second screen with a chess machine to play the right moves to get that score.  I understand that in the chess database the white Qn Knight does go to c3 but at the expense of brutally hemming in his C pawn not to mention the fact that the c pawn and others willing be stonewalls against the middle or endgame movements of the rooks if white wishes to do so on the queen side.  The natural development of the white rooks to c1 is now no longer possible if white places the Qn Kn at c3 before he expends a move to play c4, another tempo spent by white.  Bees where do these little woodpushers come from on this blog.  They seem to be all wanna"BEES"  no pun intended!  lol!!!!

How about Vasily Smyslov, former World Champion ?

pfren I would send you back to your marbles but obviously you need to study more chess than marbles.  It looks like you play more marbles than study chess theory.  ps "notable" GM are the top 30 GM in the world now, top 50 in history.  pfren were you born mentally deficient?

fischeriii makes a good effort.

There's room for improvement though.  For example Yeresolv sports a 1300 rating while telling titled players how dumb they are and explains the reason is he only ever blunders online.

Just for your info, my over-the board FIDE rating is just 2363, which is only some 1,000+ points higher than yours- practically zero, that is.

Judjing from your comments, my 12-year old younger daughter should beat you at chess for breakfast.

Don't get me wrong- it's not so bad to be stupid, and clueless... but you are boasting about those qualities of yours, which is annoying to many (myself not included).

After all, you are not the only retard who thinks very highly about his chess genius- the world is full of retards of your kind, but the majority of them are, generally, more shy.

Regards.

Thank you OldHastonian, lol!! I stand corrected.  It is nice to meet someone who actually knows what they are talking about! Touche!  Pfren needs to take chess lessons from you!!!! lol!!!  As an added comment Smyslov is a notable GM and he did play 1.b4 only 4 or 5 times in his entire career if that many.  Of the handful of games that he played 1.b4 there are only two that he played 3. Bxe5 and both were against Adorjan and both games ended in a draw!!!   Smyslov abandoned 1.b4 altogether to my knowledge.

lol!! Looks like I did get to you peefren!  Glad I ruffled your feathers.  Your daughter probably beats you regularly!!! lol!!  Judging peefren (not Judjing) from your comments you have the peefren size brain!  I have played in National tournaments all over the US and the World open more than 4 times and placed 3rd in a National tournament and took GM lessons from Roman Vissw.  I don't remember seeing you at these tournaments.  Or were you the one checking your mini chess computer for moves in the bathroom.

ps OldHastonian, just for the record, I did say current notable GM, its been a while since Smyslov has played.  

What did you do in those tournaments? I guess serving the coffee to the players- setting up the boards before the game would be too much of a hassle for you...

peefren did you lose your marbles, lol!!, no pun intended!!!

Will be a while before we see him play again I expect :)