Originally posted by HabeascorpA line that wins 98 games out of a hundred games is statistically 'better than a line that wins 9700 out of 10000. That says absolutely nothing about whether the first line is 'more sound' than the second. Stats are only ever a guide, maybe 96 of those games where kasparov against school children? You don't know till you look...
By following the most successful move for each colour on the red hot pawn games explorer you get 1.c4 ng8f6
2.g3 nb8a6 3.bf1g2 b5. black wins
By doing the same on master level gets you to 1.b3 d5 2.bc1-b2 ng8f6 3.c4 white wins
Maybe stats are misleading.
Originally posted by HabeascorpBut then again, maybe 1.b3 isn't such a horrible move after all.
By following the most successful move for each colour on the red hot pawn games explorer you get 1.c4 ng8f6
2.g3 nb8a6 3.bf1g2 b5. black wins
By doing the same on master level gets you to 1.b3 d5 2.bc1-b2 ng8f6 3.c4 white wins
Maybe stats are misleading.
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Originally posted by EladarGM Finegold smashes some weaker players with it, a lot of them are analyzed on the Stl. page.
But then again, maybe 1.b3 isn't such a horrible move after all.
1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. Bb5 d6 seems to be a pretty strong idea, 1.Nf3 d5 and then 2.b3 seems like the better order.
edit:although I dont know the state of theory on it at all, besides there's not much attempts lately 😛
