Jul-25-05 | | Benzol: 1.e3 is known as Van't Kruijs Opening. |
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Dec-19-05 | | Bobak Zahmat: <Benzol: 1.e3 is known as Van't Kruijs Opening.> Really? 1.e3?? is a bad move! There are so many reasons why one should not start the game with 1.e3?? |
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Dec-19-05 | | notsodeepthought: On the plus side, starting the game with e3 did get Van't Kruijs to have this opening named after him. How else could a so-and-so chess player get some small measure of fame?
(on a related note, I am working on the "<notsodeepthought> flank attack" opening - 1 h4 and 2 a4). |
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Feb-14-06 | | Bobak Zahmat: That's true. Presently it would be hard to get a opening called after your name :). It's a shame that no one plays this opnening any more :) |
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Feb-14-06 | | Landman: 1.e3 isn't an agressive move, but it is flexible. You can aim for a Colle/Stonewall formation (d4-e3-f4), and if 1...e5 then 2.c4 with an English, or 2.d4, or even 2.Nc3!? trying for a reverse French. I've experimented with 1.a3, 2.e3, 3.c4, usually ending with a reversed Sicilian. I faced 1.e3 myself a few years back:
John Bell vs C Land, 2003 |
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Feb-15-06 | | Bobak Zahmat: 1.e3 is a bit slow move. It is also a waiting move. White can choose from many continuations. |
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Mar-15-11
 | | wwall: He seems to be the first person to play Larsen's Opening, 1.b3 (Van't Kruijs - De Heer, Amsterdam 1851). The opening went 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.e3 (Van't Kruijs (or Kruys) opening by transposition). |
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Feb-18-12
 | | Penguincw: Happy Birthday! |
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Apr-08-18
 | | FSR: There are zero games in the database where van't Kruijs plays 1.e3. Repertoire Explorer: Maarten van 't Kruijs (white) Sad! |
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Apr-08-18 | | WorstPlayerEver: Lol I am Dutch and I always thought it was 'van der Kruis' opening. Our school teacher suggested it. I can't remember playing another opening at that time. |
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Apr-08-18
 | | moronovich: 1.e3 ususally leads to openings with colours reversed.And with a tempo extra they can be very powerfull.
On top of that several black players start to underestimate it and want to punish it.There is no refutation. And some years ago it could be a smart weapon vs the comps,trying to get one of these openings it didn´t really understand.E.g. I drew the program,Junior,that drew Kasparov.By using 1.e3 and going for a dutch reversed.
My son worked as a beta tester on juniors team,so we had acces to the original software. |
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Mar-19-24
 | | Stonehenge: <By the way, the year 1811 was a disastrous year for the van 't Kruys family, consisting of father Gerrit, a merchant and peat skipper by profession and married to Maria Commenée, the mayor's daughter. In a fortnight they lost three children. Eight-year-old Maarten died on September 16, 1811, his four-year-old sister Louiza eight days later and another sister, Anna Sara, three days later at the age of 10.> https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=... |
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