Worst Opening

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0 b5?!

So a pawn sacrifice to open the b file? That's pretty interesting. It's not in the opening manual for move 10, but it seems like I've seen it before, perhaps on a later move.

So Bxb5, Nxd4, Bxd4, Bxb5, nxb5?

Then what? Rb8? Followed by Qa5 and Rc8?

Originally posted by Red Night
So a pawn sacrifice to open the b file? That's pretty interesting. It's not in the opening manual for move 10, but it seems like I've seen it before, perhaps on a later move.

So Bxb5, Nxd4, Bxd4, Bxb5, nxb5?

Then what? Rb8? Followed by Qa5 and Rc8?

11. Bxb5 Ne5

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
What are you talking about? There's nothing wrong with that opening. Perhaps you're doing it wrong. For me it's the nostrils. Completely useless really.

Someone's putting words in my mouth because it's his favourite opening.

Originally posted by royalchicken
Someone's putting words in my mouth because it's his favourite opening.

Whoever it is we're opening buddies.

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Whoever it is we're opening buddies.

Wow, you actually went there. That just sounds so, so bad 🙁.

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
11. Bxb5 Ne5

Anyone ever play 11. Bd5?

Originally posted by Red Night
Anyone ever play 11. Bd5?

Not against me or in my (rather) small research into the line. After all the trades it looks even and kind of dead.

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Not against me or in my (rather) small research into the line. After all the trades it looks even and kind of dead.

I saw after 10...a6 and 11...b5, that one of the responses was 12. Bd5.

10...b5 looks like an interesting sac.

Originally posted by Red Night
I've also seen 4. dxc? a few times.

I don't know why people are putting question marks against 4.Nf3 and 4.dxc5 in the Advanced French. They are both perfectly respecable moves, even if they probably cause black fewer problems objectively than the more usual 4.c3.

Originally posted by Northern Lad
I don't know why people are putting question marks against 4.Nf3 and 4.dxc5 in the Advanced French. They are both perfectly respecable moves, even if they probably cause black fewer problems objectively than the more usual 4.c3.

Which do you prefer, dxc or Nf3?

Originally posted by Shinidoki
Any opening where they try to adavnce the wings without any central development....

i.e 1.h4/a4

I believe I read somewhere that that is called the "gorilla opening".