What chess opening for whit begins with e3?
Sunday, July 4th, 2010 at
5:21 am
It seems like a bad move to me
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Van Kruij’s opening.
It’s not very popular.
It has a lot in common with 1. d3. (The Mieses).
The idea of this kind of move is usually to unbalance black. (psychologically).
The main problem is that it is a passive move. It essentially lets black take the initiative. The main advantage is that it produces uncertainty. This kind of thing will usually either a) Transpose into something else (In the case of 1.e3, English Opening, Queen pawn game). or b) Reverse the colors of some better known openings. (Either into the French if black plays 1… e5, or Dutch. (But with an extra tempi).
I don’t play 1. e3, but sometimes, I will play 1.d3. I find it especially useful against players who rely on memorizing opening books too much. It takes that security crutch away from them, since these openings are not seriously studied by 99.99 percent of players.
White is playing for a reverse French. It’s passive, but I wouldn’t go as far as to say that it’s bad.
When someone plays 1. e3, it means either one of two things:
1.) They intend to transpose to:
Queen’s Gambit (1.e3,2.d4,3.c4),
Colle System by transposition (1.e3, 2.d4, 3.Nf3, 4.Bd3)
The Bird’s Opening by transposition (1.e3, 2.f4, 3.Nf3)
2.) Beginner’s wihout a good understanding of opening theory and strategic understanding, play it as just a pawn move to the get the King’s Bishop out.
My first thought was it is someone trying to play the French defense reversed. If later you see "b6" it might be the Queen’s Indian Attack, a sort of QID reversed.