The (1.b3) is a hypermodern opening where White avoids traditional central confrontation to focus on long-range piece activity, primarily via a queenside fianchetto. The book " The Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Move by Move
(most popular) 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 (or 3. c4) Nimzo-Larsen Attack The (1
Today, creative players like Baadur Jobava and Tigran L. Petrosian have entered a "new, hallucinatory era" for the opening, using it to provoke overextensions and early knockouts . Book Features hallucinatory era" for the opening