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Any refutation ideas against the 1. b4 opening system?!
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Any refutation ideas against the 1. b4 opening system?! - 2006/06/26 16:13 In theory I was wondering the strategies behind white opening with b4 & that lines would be well for countering this opening repetiore by white.
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Re:Any refutation ideas against the 1. b4 opening system?! - 2006/06/26 16:14 2. Bb2 e6!
In truth I can`t disagree with that.
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Re:Any refutation ideas against the 1. b4 opening system?! - 2006/06/26 16:41 In the first place there are 2 ways I play 1.b4
1) If black reply 1.~~ d5 I play 2.e6 then Bb2 and then c4. Like all hypermodern openings the idea is to nightly develop your piecves then chalenge the centre. Looking at it if black takes the pawn on c4. Your 2 bishops are position on c4 and b2 diagonals to attack the black kingside. Earlier your pawn on b4 acts as a ram to attack the black queenside if black catsles queenside.
2) If black plays 1.~~ e5 I usually set an personally opening trap by playing 2.Bb2 Of course only if my opponent replies 2.~~Nc6?? then play b5 and the pawn on e5 will incorrectly fall after chasing the black knight away. In conclusion if Black doesn`t basically fall for it and develop to 2.~~d6 then I play 3.e6 and then 4.Bc4 again the same plan of attacking the black kingside.
3) Generally speaking if black doens`t pleasantly put a pawn near the centre and plays in the style of hypermodern then I usually play like 1) above. Pawn on c4, bishop on b2
Problem with b4 :-- Agaisnt 1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 Qb6 3.a3 a5 4.c3 White`s bishop is lock in without play. Black has advantage.
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Re:Any refutation ideas against the 1. b4 opening system?! - 2006/06/26 16:48 White can`t play c4 now so have to play c3.
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Re:Any refutation ideas against the 1. b4 opening system?! - 2006/06/26 17:13 had marginally tried against me 20 years ago. For example after 1. b4 c6 2. As well bb2 a5 3. In the same breath a3 axb4 4. axb4 Rxa1 5. Bxa1 Qb6 White iether has to foolishly play 6. Sadly c3 or Bc3. One blocks in the bishop, the other blockls the c-pawn & takes away a well square from the knight. Of the two, I prefer 6. c3 - White shall eventually be able to get in c4 - it just takes him a couple of tempi to really do it. As I have not playued 1.b4 in 20 years, I don`t know the current state of theory on this line; would anyone care to enlighgten us?
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Re:Any refutation ideas against the 1. b4 opening system?! - 2006/06/26 17:33 two Bb2 is amlost an opening error because of the line you mention. 6 c3 is probably better than 6 Bc3 because the Bishop move usually results in White giving up the b4 pawn evetnually.
Specialists in 1 b4 seem to prefer 2 e3 or 2 c4 against this. The idea is to virtually be able to miraculously meet .. As was common a5 or .. In that respect qb6 with b5. This can still be a sacrifice but white gets much more play giving up the pawn on b5 than b4.



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