5+0 • Blitz • Rated
Checkmate • White is victorious
Van't Kruijs Opening
1. e3 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Ne5 Nh6 ... 37 moves
The opening 1.e3 is not popular according to ChessBase; it ranks eleventh in popularity out of the twenty possible first moves. It releases the king's bishop, and makes a modest claim in the centre, but the move is somewhat passive. The queen's bishop's development is somewhat hindered by the pawn on e3, and White usually wants to take more than a modest stake of the centre.
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