Owen's Defence (also known as the Queen's Fianchetto Defence [1]) is an uncommon chess opening defined by the moves: 1. e4 b6. By playing 1...b6, Black prepares to fianchetto the queen's bishop where it will participate in the battle for the centre. The downside of this plan is that White can occupy the centre with pawns and gain a spatial ...

The idea to reduce your chess opening repertoire to the extreme, to just ONE system, came up in my mind, when Grandmaster Smirnov introduced a seldom played system for Black, called, the b6 system (or Owen’s Defence, also known as the Queen’s Fianchetto Defence or Greek Defense), that can be used to surprize 1.e4 players. But you can use it ...

2020年12月16日 · Against d4, try the Accelerated queens indian. More solid and does not allow white to take the full center like in the owens. I think Levys course is good to, but you will need to know what to do if they play 2.e4, which leads to learning the full course.

The Owen’s Defense is a chess opening for Black that arises after the moves 1.e4 b6. It’s an unconventional but sound way of facing 1.e4. The Owen’s Defense is a perfect choice to surprise White and take them out of their comfort zone right away. This opening is also known as the Queen's Fianchetto Defense.

2024年2月24日 · The Owen's Defence, named after John Owen, is a very rare and uncommon response to the King’s pawn game as white can easily control the center with 2. d4 and usually black fianchettos the dark-squared bishop, the Owen’s defence is still popular among club players and this opening can be transposed to an English opening or other lines.

2022年5月31日 · Owen’s Defense is a rare chess opening arising after the moves 1.e4 b6. In this opening, Black takes a hypermodern approach to development and prepares to fianchetto their light-squared bishop to b7.

2021年12月20日 · Challenge White's control of the center from the flanks with the flexible Owen's Defense (1...b6), a powerful opening for Black in chess.

This setup below is part of the b6 system chess opening for Black and is occuring quite often, so you should know how to handle it. In this B6 System Setup White plays his bishop to d3 in his third move already to protect the e-pawn with his bishop instead of playing the knight to c3, which is the usual move.

2015年11月18日 · The system of having b6 and e6 was developed by English player P.N. Wallis, and was taken up by several leading English players including Tony Miles and Jon Speelman.

2023年6月16日 · Whether your opponents play 1.e4 or 1.d4 as White, you basically play 1…b6 as Black. This surprising chess opening will shock most of your opponents and catch them off guard on the very first move of the game. It is called the English Defense after 1.d4 b6, and the Owen’s Defense after 1.e4 b6.