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What is your favourite response to 1.b3?

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I've had good results with 1..Nf6 and 2...g6, not committing in the center and going for a KID set up
@MaxBouaraba said in #45:
> It's maybe not in the idea of black to give his bishop pair that early, but other moves are leading into complicated play while black still sooner or later will have to trade his black squared bishop. Wondering what the founder of Bd6 (I think some russian IM...) would say to Na3. Practically speaking, no white player will find Na3 over the board. It's to unusual for b3 players. However, lately I more like to play like carlsen against b3 with g6, Bb2 Nf6, Bf6 ef6, c4 d5, cd5 Qd5, Nc3 Qa5, a3 c5... I like this position very much for black.

@MaxBouaraba Hello everybody. Learning a lot from your opinions. I found Carlsen's game. Outstanding game!

@Moro2000 said in #55:
> @MaxBouaraba Hello everybody. Learning a lot from your opinions. I found Carlsen's game. Outstanding game!@Professor74 said in #56:
> @Moro2000 @MaxBouaraba Interesting. I wonder if Carlsen studied this game played in 2010.

Yeah, really a nice system to play but of course it all depend on, if white likes to join the party with Bxf6 ecetera or not. The 2 games you showed are both played with c6. I have seen games from Magnus with c5 (maybe it was blitz or rapid). Anyway, I like it, that black is developing his black squared bishop to d6 instead of g7. It gives a different character. At the end, black is just playing healthy moves, developing his pieces to good squares and waits for whites ideas.

1.b3 is a good weapon, if you dont want to learn to much theory. Most of b3 lines leads into similar patterns which makes it easy for white to play in his opinion.
@Fischerfan10 said in #54:
> I've had good results with 1..Nf6 and 2...g6, not committing in the center and going for a KID set up

What if white dont goes for Bxf6 etc?
Let me show you a nice "positional" trap from my own kitchen. Sorry that I forgot how to include diagrams:

1.b3 g6, 2.Bb2 Nf6, 3.c4 Bg7, 4.Nf3 0-0, 5.e3 d6, 6.d4 e5! 7.dxe5
Here of course black can go the usual way with Nd7 eventually followed by Nc6 before recapturing the pawn on e5 with good play. However my approach is a different one:
7. - de5!, 8.Qxd8 Rxd8, 9.Bxe5
(9.Nxe5 Na6 10.Nc3 Nb4, 11.Rd1 Bf5 (black already have the better play), 12.Be2?! Rxd1, 13.Bxd1?? Nd7 winning)
9.-Nc6!, 10.Bc3 (avoids the direct Nb4 threat. If 10.Bxc7?? black easily wins with Rf8! followed by Ne8)
10.-a5! (black still wants to play Nb4)
11.Be2 (better is a3 with good play for black, but white has the wish to also get developed)
11.-Nb4, 12.Na3 Ne4, 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 and black is ahead of development with better play for example:
A) 14.0-0 Nc3, 15.Rfe1 c6 16.Nd4 Bf5! 17.Nxf5?! gxf5 and white is out of moves already
B) 14.Nd4 a4! 15.0-0 Nxa2! with good play for black

Have fun^^
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@MaxBouaraba

Woah! That's one spicy kitchen! Thank you for sharing. I am 100% playing that line now.

I forgot how to add a board too. I did it once on a fluke lol

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