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The bad opening: 1. d2 – d3
The bad opening is an opening of the game of chess .
The basic position of the bad opening arises after the move:
- 1. d2-d3
This first move by white is very rarely played, which is why this opening is classified in the ECO codes as an "irregular opening" under A00.
history
The namesake of this structure is the German-British chess master Jacques Mieses (1865-1954), who opened two games with "his train" in a competition against Richard Teichmann in Berlin in 1910. Mieses achieved a draw in the fourth match game with difficulty , and in the second he lost significantly.
In tournament chess of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Mieses did not play or even “invent” the move 1. d2 – d3 for the first time. As early as 1856, the British chess master Samuel Standidge Boden (1826-1882) opened in London against the strong amateur John Owen (1827-1901) with the bad move, Black won after an uneven course in 38 moves. The latter achieved the first database-recorded victory with White 18 years later in a match against Amos Burn .
By the middle of the 20th century, the bad opening disappeared from tournament practice on a world-class level. In the 1960s, the Russian grandmaster Alexander Kotow opened three games with the corresponding move, including in 1961 in Stockholm against the German grandmaster Wolfgang Unzicker (a draw after 51 moves).
Current meaning
In 1997 the lousy opening came back into the consciousness of the chess public when Garry Kasparov played it in the third game of his match against the chess program Deep Blue . It was Kasparov's intention to take the machine out of its programmed opening book and to play it over slowly in a rather calm, positional position. However, the game went over to the English opening by moving moves and ended in a draw after 48 moves.
In today's tournament scene, the lousy opening at grandmaster level does not play a role, because due to the ever advancing, computer-aided development of the opening theory, the suit advantage of the white man plays a major role. In professional chess, the black player has the task of compensating for the draw disadvantage in the course of the opening phase or the early middle game. The lousy opening does not cause any particular problems. At the amateur level, this statement only applies to a limited extent, the surprise effect or the abandonment of theoretical paths against well-prepared opponents can compensate for the disadvantages of the rather passive bad move.
Opening ideas
The move 1. d2 – d3 gives Black the free choice of his first move and the further development of his pieces. It is not uncommon for the game to merge into familiar openings or poses. The natural replies are 1.… d7 – d5 or 1.… e7 – e5. In both cases the white man can move into the King's Indian realm with the fianchetto of the king's bishop (g2 – g3 and Bf1 – g2) (see also: King's Indian attack ). In the latter case, White can transition into English structures with 2. c2 – c4 or, with 2. e2 – e4 and possibly Nb1 – d2, strive for a position similar to the Philidor defense with increased tempo.