About
What is included? - 60 minutes of video material; - PGN Chess Base files format with the commented game; Nimzowitsch - Larsen - opening from the perspective of white pieces. A06 1. B3 Nimzowitsch-Larsen opening from the perspective of white pieces. Larsen's Opening (also called the Nimzo-Larsen Attack or Queen's Fianchetto Opening) is a chess opening starting with the move: 1.b3; It is named after the Danish grandmaster Bent Larsen. Larsen was inspired by the example of the great Latvian-Danish player and theoretician Aron Nimzowitsch (1886-1935), who often played I.Nf3 followed by 2.b3, which is sometimes called the Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack. It is classified under the A01 code in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings. The flank opening move 1.b3 prepares to fianchetto the queen's bishop, which will help control the central squares in a hypermodern fashion and put useful pressure on Black's kingside. The b2-bishop is often a source of recurring irritation for Black, who should not treat it lightly. Although Larsen was initially very successful with this opening, it suffered a setback in the 1970 USSR vs. Rest of the World match in Belgrade, where Larsen played it against reigning World Champion Boris Spassky and lost in 17 moves. [nb 1] Larsen was also decisively defeated when playing it against Rosendo Balinas, Jr. at Manila in 1975. - 1.b3, d5, 2.Bb2, c5, 3.E3, Nc6, 4.Bb5; - 1.b3, e5, 2.Bb2, d6; - 1.b3, Nf6, 2.Bb2, e6, 3.E3, d5, 4.C4;