1.b4 is a really strange idea to have, and even stranger to stick with it. It is very disadvantageous for white. He even acknowledges this: > I looked at my wi

1.b4 is a really strange idea to have, and even stranger to stick with it. It is very disadvantageous for white. He even acknowledges this: > I looked at my win rates by opening and I won far more as black than white. Normally he should have been winning more as white, not less.