The popularity of this offbeat system is largely based on its surprise value, but in fact 1.b3 is one of White's more logical first moves.

In playing this opening (the choice of famous creative attackers such as Bobby Fischer, Bent Larsen and Julian Hodgson) White avoids the many theoretical landmines of main line openings and is able to steer the game towards an open battle, right from the start.

This system's basic ideas are sound and easy to learn. One of its beauties is that it often provokes an overreaction by Black, leaving it vulnerable to an early knockout by White.

Content:
007 An Amazing Life

009 Wanderer, There Is No Path Through

1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 f6

015 More About Knights

1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Na3

036 Forgive Me

039 The Student's Problems

1...e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.c4/1...c5 Various

053 The Litus Gambit

1...d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.f3

074 Don't Interfere

1...f5 Various

081 Tigran Petrosian Plays b2-b3 - Part One

1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.a3 Bd6

092 Tigran Petrosian Plays b2-b3 - Part Two

l...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.a3 Be7

098 Tigran Petrosian Plays b2-b3 - Part Three, conclusion

1...d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 a6

105 Dutch Motifs

1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d6 4.c4 f5/2...d6 3.e3 f5

124 Dutch Motifs - Appendix

1...e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Be6 4.c4 c6 5.Nf3 f5

126 The Anonymous Endgame

1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 Qe7

138 Casus

1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3 .e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 Qh4+

143 There Is Happiness In Life

1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d6

156 There Is No Happiness In Life

1...d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.g3 e6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.d3 h6 7.Nbd2 0-0 8.0-0 Bh7 9.e3

165 Patriarch's Pond

1...d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.g3 e6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.d3 h6 7.Nbd2 0-0 8.0-0 Bh7 9.c4

171 Extra-Curricular Reading

1...d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3/4/5.g3

183 Speechless

1...Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.Nf3

194 The Birth of a Variation

1...Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.Bxf6

210 The Nimzowitsch Attack - The Basics

1...d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nf6

219 The Nimzowitsch Attack - The Tabiya

1...d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7

242 Don't Grieve!

1...a5

245 Index of Variations

253 Index of Names