I often find myself playing against white who opens with fianchettoeing
his bishops first. What is the best response to that, and what's that
opening called anyway?

Thanks in advance,

dragmio

dragmio wrote:
I often find myself playing against white who opens with
fianchettoeing his bishops first. What is the best response to that,
and what's that opening called anyway?

I'm no expert at all, far away, but maybe that helps you:
On 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4
I always play 2...Nf6 - to prevent moves like Qh5 attacking f7. I think that
the best move to make.

Isn't it called "Italian"?
Alex

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Alexander Fischer typed:

dragmio wrote:
I often find myself playing against white who opens with
fianchettoeing his bishops first. What is the best response to
that,
and what's that opening called anyway?

I'm no expert at all, far away, but maybe that helps you:
On 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4


Note that this is not fianchettoing the bishop. To fianchetto the
bishops, you play b3 and g3 and move the bishops to b2 and g2.
What you describe is called the "Bishop's Opening."


I always play 2...Nf6 - to prevent moves like Qh5 attacking f7.
I
think that the best move to make.


2...Nf6 probably *is* the best reply to the Bishop's Opening, but
not for the reason you cite. 3. Qh5 is a poor move, useful only
against rank beginners who don't see the mate threat. For
example, after 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5, 3. Qh5 can be met simply by
3...Qe7. Then ...Nf6, with a gain of tempo, will follow,


Isn't it called "Italian"?


No.

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Ken Blake
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1. b3 is Larsen or Nimzo-Larsen for what is most commonly called.
1. g3 is given lots of names but some people have been calling it the
Benko opening since Benko used it to beat people like Fischer and Tal
in the candidates tournament a long time ago. I think korchnoi called
it a Benko when he played 1.g3 against Karpov in there 1978 WCC match
that gave Korchnoi his first win in that match. As for
responses.....it is a matter of preference.

EZoto

Alexander Fischer typed:
[complete bull****, basically]


Ken, thanks for correcting me. The confusion of Italian and bishop's opening
came into my mind some time after posting. But also the rest...
Thanks&bye,
Alex