Rapid (against 1826 Chess com):

I took me 2 minutes to play Nc6 (I can't explain why it took me so long)
My opponent mirrored me; after 2 minutes, he played Ne5.
Hypnosis?

Ulf Andersson - Michael Basman 🤣

This passive h6 transpires in other variations, too.

I've never played against 5... Qf6!? before
6. 0-0 (standard move) h6? (instead of developing)
7. e5

Ofc, it's bullet & blitz repertoire

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Najdorf sketched by Grob (source: Winter)

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Everybody knows that I'm absorbed with Basman's games

This is from 1982 (against David Rumens, Kings Head International, London), a King's Gambit

White to move

Why is Grob's Attack named after Henri Grob?
In the ChessBase Database, he has no games with White starting with 1.g4.

That's because he played lots of correspondence games featuring the Grob. Out of 121 games with White, 118 start with 1.g4.

It's also because he published Grob's Angriff in 1942.

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I've had so much fun playing Center Game (Scotch) with the suboptimal Bd3 (-> Greek Gift).
4 ...Bc5 is the most played here.

White can proceed safely with 5. 0-0 (or c3 bxc3, Nxc3 (or 0-0 cxb2, Bxb2).

A high risk move is 5. Ng5 h6? (pretty common),
Nxf7 Kxf7
Qh5+ -> Qxc5 -> Qa3

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Posted previously on X, before I left the platform.

Black to move (Anisimov - Naroditsky, TT, 2017)