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Originally Posted by BobJoeJim
Don't forget to open with 1. a3 as well. I've gotten killed in games where my opponent played that, and I dismissed them, and sleepwalked through the first ten moves, before realizing they actually did know what they were doing and were now beating me.
Nice one sir.
I'm also aware of the 1. a3 hustle
a3 actually has decent enough merit in most systems, the exception being vs. the KID --> where White typically just goes a2-a4 in one go. So vs. the KID you're just losing a tempo.
A few years back a friend of mine who was 1600 uscf maybe, he upset an 1800 and 1900 in one tourney with 1. a3 ---> his opponents obviously underestimated him cuz of that move.