Originally posted by gumbieGumbie may well be right, but as I read this I remembered what Steelydan said in another thread:
... 5.f3!...
anyone who moves his/her f pawn to f3 on move 2 really doesn't know what's going on from the start, I believe. I had an IM tell me that's perhaps the worst move on the chessboard before move 10!
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Originally posted by Paul DiracI thought f3 was fine given the position but I didn't like f6, Qa5+ enters the picture. But after 3. d4 white has both bishops available and black's Ne4 is stuck. So I think chessmaster chose f6 so d5 could be used to support the knight. How about using the (very short amount of) time to build a center counter-attack instead.
Gumbie may well be right, but as I read this I remembered what Steelydan said in another thread:
anyone who moves his/her f pawn to f3 on move 2 really doesn't know what's going on from the start, I believe. I had an IM tell me t ...[text shortened]... at's perhaps the worst move on the chessboard before move 10!
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4? 3. d4! d6?! 4. Bd3 dxe5 (4. exd6 Nxd6 ==, using f6, fxe5 leads to Qa5+)
line 1: 5. Bxe4 exd4 {and atleast black has some say in the opening}
line 2: 5. dxe5 {c5 is freed } Nc5 {probably equal}
Originally posted by IronMan31That is an astonishing idea and one I have never seen before , even though I often play 1.... Nf6. I assume the proof will be if Black can take and keep the pawn, something I would be frightened to do against a surpreme player like you, I fear the loss of tempi and the extra diagonals for the QB would give white many attacking avenues, so I would look at either e6, d6, or maybe c5 or even a5, ooh I don't know b4 is certainly interesting
I like 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.b4!?
:-)