1. e4 c5 2. c3

Originally posted by Ice Cold
I always send the ingame message, What the F is that crap? Come out and fight like a man. 😠 Then I play 2...Nc6, I never cared for the 2...Nf6 lines. 😕
I dunno 😞

and white has what he wants

Originally posted by black beetle
...woodworms' Sicilian instict ...

...I'm the other guy...

Originally posted by wormwood
...I'm the other guy...

Sure thing, but on the way to my 47 Alzheimer rulez;

I apologize for my lapsus dear wormwood😵

😞 Forgot the line, again...! But 5. ... Nb6, what about 6. Bxf7+?

What about the rest of the game?

Originally posted by heinzkat
😞 Forgot the line, again...! But 5. ... Nb6, what about 6. Bxf7+?

What about the rest of the game?

[pgn][Date "2010.02.08"]
[White "***"]
[Black "heinz"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. d4 Be7
9. Bc2 h6 10. Bf4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nd7 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. b3 Bb4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. Bd3
b5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rc1 Nxd3 19. Rxc6 Nxf4 0-1
[/pgn]

if 6.Bxf7 you're a piece up and consolidate?

the rest: Nb6 wastes a tempo I think. you either play e6 or Nb6, but not both. in the early opening you're usually looking to attack e5-pawn with d6 or d5. d6 is the book move here. (but I know even less about e6 than about Nb6.)

of the rest, I'm sure you know more about the french than I do.

The problem is this is a typical 2. c3 game for me. But when I checked I found out I played the proposed line (on the previous page) but shouldn't have played ...e6.

After the different move, still Black shouldn't do that bad, but hey, I did, as usual.