Basman's Folly: Embracing Chaos with 1.g4!?

by Cyrus Lakdawala and Carsten Hansen

Is the Grob/Basman a con artist's bogus-operandi, or is the line actually sound? The truthful answer is that the opening is a bit of both! And we can call 1 g4 a "good opening," the same way a mob member calls a hitman colleague "a stand-up guy." The engine already prefers Black's chances after 1.g4, so nobody can honestly claim it is White's optimal first move from an empirical standpoint. But is it refuted? The answer is "no," and what we nearly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8793812574
• ISBN13: 9788793812574
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Carstenchess
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"