Originally posted by Habeascorp By following the most successful move for each colour on the red hot pawn games explorer you get 1.c4 ng8f6
2.g3 nb8a6 3.bf1g2 b5. black wins
By doing the same on master level gets you to 1.b3 d5 2.bc1-b2 ng8f6 3.c4 white wins
Maybe stats are misleading.
A line that wins 98 games out of a hundred games is statistically 'better than a line that wins 9700 out of 10000. That says absolutely nothing about whether the first line is 'more sound' than the second. Stats are only ever a guide, maybe 96 of those games where kasparov against school children? You don't know till you look...
Originally posted by Habeascorp By following the most successful move for each colour on the red hot pawn games explorer you get 1.c4 ng8f6
2.g3 nb8a6 3.bf1g2 b5. black wins
By doing the same on master level gets you to 1.b3 d5 2.bc1-b2 ng8f6 3.c4 white wins
Maybe stats are misleading.
But then again, maybe 1.b3 isn't such a horrible move after all.