Andrew Martin: Santasiere's Folly: 1.Nf3 followed by b4 in 60 Minutes Downloadversion

ChessBase 60 Minutes Download, Englisch, 2022.

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Many chess players have a desire to avoid theory, preferring to try to outplay the opponent from a sound, but uncommon opening position. 1 b4 might be the start of one such adventure, but after that 1...e5! is regarded as strong. So how about playing 1 Nf3 first, to be followed by 2 b4 if Black allows? White gains space on the queenside, forces the opponent to use their own resources right from the start of the game and creates a complicated position. We are going to see that this opening, used at the right moment, can cause confusion in the enemy camp. A very early b2-b4 by White is often regarded as rather loose, enabling Black to equalise easily. White pioneers need not worry about this type of assessment, because a position is going to be reached where they can play for the win, avoiding theory and thereby saving energy for the game. Reuben Fine dubbed this opening, Santasiere's Folly. He did not think much of it. Let us examine the evidence and see if he was right...

Andrew Martin (born 18th May 1957 in West Ham, London) is an English chess player with the title of international master. Martin received his title as international master in1984. He earned his first grandmaster norm in the British Championship of 1997 in Brighton. Martin was a commentator at.the chess world championship between Kasparov and Kramnik in 2000 and commentated at the British Championship for 20 years, before retiring in 2017.

On the 21st February 2004 Martin set a new world record for simultaneous chess. He faced 321 chess players at the same time. His result was: 294 wins, 26 draws and only one loss. Martin is known as a professional chess teacher and is the former Head of the ECF Academy.. Martin is a chess columnist, an author of chess books and the author of various instructional videos. He is also a FIDE Senior Trainer and the current ECF Manger of Coaches.