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Counter 1.b3 Larsen Opening
Course
37 episodes
(1 hour 38 min)
(1 hour 38 min)
Creators
GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes
Many players spend time preparing against White’s mainlines, beginning with 1.e4, 1.d4, 1.c4, or 1.Nf3. As a result, it’s easy to ignore preparation against other 1st move options.
And 1.b3 is one such move. It’s a more interesting opening than its reputation gives it credit for.
It is an ideal choice for practical players who want to avoid theoretical battles and play fresh positions...
See moreWhite fianchettos their Bishop with 2.Bb2 and waits before committing to a pawn structure.
So how do we play against this opening? That's what we will cover in this course.
If you’ve prepared the ChessMood repertoire against English and Nc3 Anti-Sicilian, you’ll quickly acquaint yourself with the pawn structure and the typical plans we recommend here.
Let’s get started!
What you'll learn
- What to do against the Larsen opening — 1.b3?
- The idea behind 1.b3.
- A complete practical repertoire beginning with 1.b3 c5! which is easy to remember.
- The reason behind meeting the Larsen opening with our first move 1...c5.
- The setup which coach GM Gabuzyan himself uses in practice, and from his experience gives Black easy-to-play positions.
- How to play against White’s different systems beginning with moves like 3.Nf3, 3.f4, 3.e3 which are often recommended in other sources and more.
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Students give this course an average of 4.9 out of 5 stars.
Jad '-'
its short and giving the ideas for under 2300 level, I love the ideas but I have to search myself in some lines like in the f4 line after Bh3 Rf2 f6 there is Ng5 and other tricky lines, other than that its a great course
Max Ezerskii
I watched this course with a great pleasure!
I wish,I will get a chance to use this ideas in my online and OTB games as well!
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Thanks, Max :-)
For sure sooner or later you will get a chance, good luck!
Max Ezerskii
Thank you,Hovanes!
Wonferfull course!
Very interesting ideas!
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan
Gracias :-)
Vismith Prabhu
Brilliant course once again!
GM_Avetik Grigoryan
Thanks!
Alan Marcuse
Excellent as always, great stuff, Hovhannes, thank you! Two small remarks: First: Watch out for transposition to Sicilian 1. b3 c5 2. e4, but no worry there is another perfect section in the Sicilian Sidelines. Second: Watch out for transposition to English Opening, which is covered there with one exception: What happens, if White doesn’t make the move Nc3 (instead b3, c4, Bb2, g3, Bb2, e3, Nge2)? @Hovhannes: I guess d7(-d6)-d5, right?
ChessMood
Thank you!
Please, Alan, send any course-related questions to the forum, PRO Members channel.
Alan Marcuse
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Giorgos Kechagias
Mateo Jackson
5 stars
ChessMood
Thanks Champ!
Alex Sahakyan
Franck steenbekkers
Bernard Logie
G K
Marcius Brandão
não tem PGN
JAIRUS JA
Awesome... Thanks ❤ chessmood
ChessMood
Thank you too Jairus 😄😄
Paulius the Witcher
Great repertoire vs those pesky 1.b3 chessable players :) Also I like the similar ideas of d6-e5 like in the setup vs english
ChessMood
Thanks Witcher!
Kazuto Kirigaya
Artyom Manukyan
GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes
Hovhannes Gabuzyan became a U-16 Olympic Champion in 2010. Two years later, at 17, he achieved the Grandmaster title.
He was the World University Chess Champion in 2016, the Armenian Champion in 2017 and 2021, and has represented his country at the prestigious Chess Olympiad.
He believes time is a person’s most valuable resource. This philosophy reflects in his swift play on the chessboard and his training methods that focus on squeezing the most out of one’s time.
Hovhannes Gabuzyan became a U-16 Olympic Champion in 2010. Two years later, at 17, he achieved the Grandmaster title.
He was the World University Chess Champion in 2016, the Armenian Champion in 2017 and 2021, and has represented his country at the prestigious Chess Olympiad.
He believes time is a person’s most valuable resource. This philosophy reflects in his swift play on the chessboard and his training methods that focus on squeezing the most out of one’s time.
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