@dbowers1223gmail-com First of all, if the bishop is already on d3 you just drop it back to c2 when they attack it. IF they push so early like in your example, you have 2 options: 1) try to play e4 almost immediately, because when they take on e4 with dxe4, they no longer have anything defending the c4 pawn and you just take with the bishop.… Read more

Thank you! That is helpful. During that game, I was able to play a b5 line with success but I like the idea of pushing the e4 pawn earlier. I appreciate it!