Basman's Folly Biographical Chess Books Direct evaluation with game reference

Direct evaluation with game reference

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Basman's Folly Biographical Chess Books Direct evaluation with game referenceIs 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