Larsen’s Opening (also called the Nimzo–Larsen Attack or Queen’s Fianchetto Opening) is a chess opening starting with the move:
1. b3
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 something which we see in this game!
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Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa vs Michał Krasenkow
FIDE World Cup 2021 round 03-03
A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. e3 Ne7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Qd2 c6 10. Nc3 Nc5 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. b4 Ne6 14. O-O Rd8 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Qb3 Nf5 17. Ne4 h5 18. Bb2 Qc7 19. c5 b6 20. Bc3 bxc5 21. bxc5 Rdb8 22. Qa3 a5 23. Bc4 f6 24. h3 Kh8 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Nh6 27. Rd6 Nxg4 28. Kg2 Nf8 29. Rh1+ Nh7 30. Nxf6 Bxf6 31. Rxf6 Nxf6 32. Bxe5 Qd8 33. Ng5 Bh3+ 34. Rxh3 Rb7 35. Qc3
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