The Larsen's Opening (also known as the Larsen Opening, or the Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, as well as the Nimzo-Larsen Attack) is a very rare choice for white. With Larsen's opening, we are opting for modern development and the element of surprise. In this video, we look at everything you need to know to play the Larsen Opening (1.b3). I cover both the d5 classical system and the e5 modern system! Plus we look at a game example of the Larsen's Opening (also known as the Larsen Opening, or the Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, as well as the Nimzo-Larsen Attack)

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Learn more about the Larsen's Opening (from wikipedia):
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 1.Nf3 followed by 2.b3, which is sometimes called the Nimzowitsch–Larsen Attack. It is classified under the A01 code in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. The flank opening move 1.b3 prepares to fianchetto the queen's bishop where it will help control the central squares in 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.[1] Larsen was also decisively defeated when playing it against Rosendo Balinas, Jr. at Manila in 1975.[2] Notably, this opening received interest from Bobby Fischer the same year, who employed 1.b3 on at least five occasions, winning all five, including games with GM Miroslav Filip, GM Henrique Mecking (Palma de Mallorca 1970 Interzonal), GM Vladimir Tukmakov (Buenos Aires 1970), and GM Ulf Andersson (Siegen 1970). Today, Larsen's Opening is occasionally used at the GM-level, with top grandmasters Hikaru Nakamura, Richárd Rapport, and Adhiban Baskaran employing it successfully.

Here is the pgn of the larsen's opening:
1. b3 (1. e4) (1. d4 b6 2. e4 e6) 1... e5 {modern} (1... d5 {classical} 2. Bb2 Nf6 (2... Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. Bb5 Bd6) 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 ( 6... c6) 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nbd2 b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Rc1) 2. Bb2 (2. e3) 2... Nc6 (2... d6 3. e3 Nd7 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. h4 h5 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. a4 c6 12. Ng5 b5 13. axb5 a4 14. Nxa4 Qe8 15. bxc6 Nxc6 16. Bb5 Ndb8 17. Qd6 Ra7 18. Qxb8 Nxb8 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. Ne4 Ba6 21. Nd6 Rd8 22. Rd2 Nc6 23. Rhd1 Bf6 24. g3 Kg7 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Rd7 Ra5 28. Ne4 Nb4 29. c4 Ra2 30. Kb1 Raa8 31. R1d6 Bd8 32. Bxe5+ Kg8 33. Bc3 Nc6 34. b4 Rab8 35. b5 Ba5 36. Kb2 Nb4 37. Bxb4 Bxb4 38. Rd4 Bf8 39. Kb3 Bg7 40. R4d5 Ra8 41. Nd6 Rf8 42. c5 Ra1 43. b6 Rb1+ 44. Kc4 Ra8 45. b7 Ra4+ 46. Kd3 Rb3+ 47. Ke2 Ra2+ 48. Rd2 {1-0 (48) Carlsen,M (2832)-Guseinov,G (2645) chess.com INT 2017}) 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 (4... d6 5. Ne2 (5. Nf3) 5... Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 exd4 ( 7... e4 8. Ng3 Bg4 9. Qd2 d5 10. h3 Be6 11. c4 a6 12. cxd5 (12. Bxc6 bxc6) 12... Nxd5 13. Bxc6 bxc6) 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be6 10. Bd3 Qd7 11. Nd2) 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Bxe5 *

Chapters:
00:00 What we will cover today
01:09 General Ideas/Strategy
03:58 1...e5 Modern System
09:54 1...d5 Classical System
14:18 Black tries both d5 and e5
15:50 A Game Example: Carlsen vs Guseinov 2017

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