Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...b6/2. d4/2...Ba6

Guatemala defence B00 Owen's defence → 2. d4 English defence → 2. e4 2...Ba6?! · Guatemala defence Black offers White the trade of bishops, 3. Bxa6 Nxa6. Black is left with weak light squares on the queen's side and their knight is misplaced on the rim. Black has spent time they can ill afford. History The reason for the association of the line with Guatemala is unclear. Benjamin & Schiller (1987) refer to the line as the Guatemala defence and may have originated the term.Unorthodox Openings Benjamin Joel B T Batsford 1987 London 117-118 Schiller Eric. The two cited games are given as Knoppert vs Schiller, Docklands Marathon, 1985 It is very seldom played. An early recorded game is a correspondence game from 1989.Schuster v Bellas, 1989. Chessgames.com References See also