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h3 is St. George Defense
probably St. George
Mar 14, 2025
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#3
9qjdbacwgshjsusgvz wrote:
h3 is St. George Defense
1.h3 is a white move, so its obviously not a defense
2. that is not the st george, not even close
yeesh, where do these people come from lol.It takes 3 seconds on lord googool to verify what you say
Wikipedia said it was a6
a6*
1. Is e4 a6
Ai overview says that Michael Basman made it
FarNinja wrote:
Ai overview says that Michael Basman made it
"AI overview" is trash. It completely misunderstood what was in the wikipedia article.
Mar 14, 2025
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#9
It would be fair to say that the late Michael Basman IM championed it and brought it to attention alongside the late Tony Miles GM who beat Karpov once using it. The books by Mike Basman, "Play the St. George", "The New St. George" and most recently, "U Cannot Be Serious" (co-authored by Gerard Welling) are; I think; the only serious efforts to unpack its theory. However, its first outing (or at least the earliest games with it of which I'm aware) occurred when it was played by the English amateur J. Baker in 1868 (Steinitz and Blackburne gave blindfold simultaneous exhibitions, Baker beat them both with the black pieces using what we now call the St. George). I think I have the scores of both the Baker games somewhere. If I can find them I'll post them later. I don't recall them being especially instructive in terms of Opening Theory, but they're interesting historical curiosities.