Bird’s opening the c5 response.
Jeffrey and I had a discussion last night about Birds’ Opening and he noted that c5 was an “offbeat” response. I had chosen it from MCO 14 because of De Firmian’s commentary calling it the “Professional’s response” it’s funny that De Firmian also noted that it was not highlighted by theory but the idea behind it is to control e5 with a well timed d6. This supposedly minimizes risk. I guess this is why I chose it and it has become my stock answer to birds. See Bird’s Opening col. 6 MCO 14. I guess the “pros” follow this offbeat opening with an off beat response. Is the last column in the MCO after all.
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