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Avatar of zergonipal

I’ve been working my way through the bots and am playing David (1400). Haven’t managed to beat him so far but think I might today. He’s white. These are the first moves:

1.Nh3 d5 2.g3

I’m very new and don’t know much about openings beyond ‘control the centre and develop pieces’. I have never seen a chess opening like it, not even the 250 beginner bot. Is this the opening to some kind of trick/trap?

Avatar of srirampranav43

no not certainly but ensure that you watch out before playing any move

Avatar of srirampranav43

his idea is to bring bishop to g2 which is opening but not trap

you just continue to develop pieces

Avatar of tygxc

Nh3 and Bg2 develop pieces, prepare O-O and Bg2 controls the center squares e4 and d5.
Nh3 is not optimal, but leaves pawn f2 free to advance. It is kind of a Leningrad Dutch defence reverse: 1 d4 f5 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 Nf3 Nh6 5 h4