1.b4 Nh6 Karniewski opening white developing knight to h6 square but does not contain much of the top rated games played in this opening.

1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.g4 Black counters the b4 played by white with fianchettoing the bishop on the kingside. The position creates an...

1.b4 Nc6 The grigorian variation, the knight is placed on the c6 square unlike a6 square which occurs in the bucker defense. Here too the...

1.b4 Na6 Once b4 is played by white black has an opportunity to play Na6 as he may find the knight better placed on c5 square. This is...

1.b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3.e4 Bxb4 4. Bc4 Nc6 5.f4 Qe7 6.f5 g6 Brinckmann variation is an extension of the tartakower gambit where black is...

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4 Bxb4 In contrasting to the openings seen above, here white has let go of the b4 pawn which allows white to gain an...

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 c5 In the Wolfert’s gambit, white creates an active play in the queenside and black creates a pawn sacrifice on e5. If e5...

1.b4 e5 2.a3 Bugayev’s attack is a kind of flank attack for white white bishop eyeing the e pawn. White may proceed on to play along the...

1.B4 d5 2.Bb2 c6 3.a4 Myer’s variation involves white expanding on the queen side with black solidifying the center squares. With this...

1.b4 c5 Birmingham Gambit is with black responding to white’s flank attack with sacrificing a pawn initially but later on in the game...

1.b4 Polish Opening also called as orangutan opening whose most famous use was by Tartakower against Maroczy in the New York 1924 Chess...

1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 a5 3.b5 cxb5 4.e4…… In the Schuhler’s gambit, white tries to divert the pawn from the center towards the edge which is...