Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromficsIt's hard to get away with deliberately wasting a tempo with something like ...b6. There has to be a strong motivation for doing so, or else cooks start to creep in:
OK ... This is harder than I thought.
First attempt was a fail (too many solutions)
[pgn]1.e3 b6 2.Qf3 b5 3.Qb7 Bxb7 {This looked like a sound start.} 4.Bxb5 Bxg2 5.Bc6 Bxh1 {I originally ended it here with Bxh1, but I think there are still too many ways to get on this diagonal for white.} 6.Bxa8 Bxa8 [/pgn]
I'll try again. Thanks for your time.