"openings"

B3 is a standard Bird. B3 with a fianchettoed bishop on b2 completes the dark square control for white in this opening. G3 is played too sometimes, but is not nearly as crucial.

Safest opening for white?

#12 - the hippo!

@Cortex: Everything that leads to Exchange Variations, but you might die from boredom during the game.

@F_D89:

Yeah that reminds me or Carlsen. He loves to exchange and then play a boring grind match.

When I was young I used to play Basman Defense (1.e4 g5!?!?). Any Basman fan here?

I played the bird against a 1400ish player once in a tournament. That was a while ago however.