1.e3 is Van’t Kruijs opening. It is not really an opening but a way of transposing move into some other opening. So don’t need to be scared because of the fancy title of the blog. By playing 1.e3, white keeps the options of playing d4 or c4. We will look at various possible set-ups that can arise after 1.e3. English…
Hungarian Opening starts with 1.g3. It is not really an opening because the idea of the first move is generally to transpose into a well-known opening. White starts with 1.g3, keeping the options open to transpose into various openings. The drawback of move 1.g3 is that it allows black to occupy the center first. Black has various moves like c5,…
Grob Opening starts with 1.g4. Its an aggressive opening for white that opens the kingside pawns and aim to developed the pieces quickly. Like the Polish opening, this move also ignores the centre’s control. In addition, move 1.g4 weakens White’s kingside, where White is most probably going to castle. Therefore this is not very popular opening for white. Black can…
Polish opening starts with 1.b4. White ignores the center and gives black an opportunity to choose the structure. White’s idea is to fianchetto the bishop with Bb2. Since move 1.b4 doesn’t put pressure in the center, it allows black many opportunities to play. Black plays 1…e5 With 1…e5, black attacks the b4 pawn. White doesn’t have to defend it immediately.…
Bird Opening starts with 1. f4. This opening is less popular for white than the 1.e4, 1.d4 or even 1.c4. White’s idea is to control the dark squares in the center without committing to the advance of the central pawn right away. But as we will see, the move f4 weakens the e1-h4 diagonal, which black can exploit. Black has…
Englund gambit is a queen’s pawn opening that starts with 1.d4 e5. The idea is very similar to the Budapest gambit which we saw earlier. But this is really a worse version of the idea because black can’t really regain the pawn and gets no worthy compensation as well. White should be very happy to capture with 2.dxe5. In the…
