Nakamura’s Folly (1.Nf3 followed by e3): Solid, Simple, Smart

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 c5 7.0-0 cxd4: Nakamura vs O'Gorman

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1 Nakamura's Folly

1.1 Intro and Game 1: Ding Liren vs Gukesh

1.2 2...g6

1.2.1 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 c5 7.0-0 cxd4: Nakamura vs O'Gorman

1.2.2 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.d4 0-0 5.Bb2 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.0-0 b6: Nakamura vs Rakhmatullaev

1.2.3 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.0-0 e5: Nakamura vs Praggnanandhaa

1.3 1...d5

1.3.1 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Qc2 g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 0-0: Nakamura vs Niemann

1.3.2 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 Bd6 5.Bb2 0-0 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7: Nakamura vs Niemann

1.4 2...e6

1.4.1 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 e6 3.b3 b6 4.Bb2 Bb7 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 c5: Nakamura vs Kazakouski

1.4.2 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.c4 Be7 5.Nc3 0-0 6.Bd3 a6 7.0-0 dxc4: Nakamura vs Firouzja

1.4.3 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 e6 3.b3 b6 4.Bb2 Bb7 5.d4 d5 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.c4 Bd6: Nakamura vs Khanin

1.5 Other Follies

1.5.1 1.Nf3 c5 2.e3 Nf6 3.d4 d5 4.c4 dxc4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.cxd5 Qxd5: Nakamura vs So

1.5.2 1.Nf3 c5 2.e3 Nc6 3.d4 d5 4.dxc5 e6 5.a3 Bxc5 6.b4 Be7 7.c4 dxc4: Nakamura vs Maghsoodloo