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Tips for playing the Bogart variation of the Bongcloud opening. (Bongcloud-Bogart)

When deciding to play the bongcloud opening, here is what you may find yourself in if black decides to develop both his Knights in his first 2 moves (starting with Nc3)! But first, it is critical that you take note of some key concepts to playing the Bogat variation of the Bongcloud. Firstly, the Queen is not all that important in this variation and you shouldn't hesitate in letting her go for the sake of gaining tempo. The key here is getting your king to the center of the board asap, and then developing your queenside pawns into a "Pawn-Fort" in the center where your King can hold out as a "gate-keeper" until we can muster a second drive deep into black's rear. Focus on a pawn-fort (minimum 3 pawns) that points towards a7, this is where we want to focus our attack, by flanking, and letting our king control the d-file. Finally, use any left-over minor pieces to keep that f5 square vacant! (for reasons that will be evident) And for Pete's sake!... Protect that h2 pawn! The last thing we need is black flanking you! You must also remember to ALWAYS promote your pawns to knights to confound black's gameplan. This variation is not for the novice...

So, to summarize: (1) Blitz your king to the center while developing your queenside pawns. (2) Use your minor pieces as fodder to developing your pawn-fort and let your king act as the gate-keeper to the d-file. (3)With your pawn-fort developed, use left-over minor pieces to keep f5 vacant, and protect h2. (4) Flank black by attacking a7.  (5) Let your queen be captured to gain tempo, especially early in the game where getting your king out is so critical! (5) And finally, mess with your opponent's mind by always promoting to knights!

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  • 15 months ago

    pjbpjb

    ANd all this time I thought I knew how to play chess......how emberrasing.

  • 20 months ago

    StephenHough

    "F5 is important in dancing and pipe or string music, for they are in rhythm only if F5 is good. F5 is also involved in the military arts, shooting bows and guns, and riding horses. In all skills and abilities there is F5.... There is F5 in the whole life of the warrior, in his thriving and declining, in his harmony and discord. Similarly, there is F5 in the Way of the merchant, in the rise and fall of capital. All things entail rising and falling F5. You must be able to discern this. In strategy there are various F5 considerations. From the outset you must know the applicable F5 and the inapplicable F5, and from among the large and small things and the fast and slow F5 find the relevant F5, first seeing the distance F5 and the background F5. This is the main thing in strategy. It is especially important to know the background F5, otherwise your strategy will become uncertain."

    -Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five F's, c. 1645 A.D.

  • 20 months ago

    zacklona

    Best openning ever.......... handsdown 

  • 2 years ago

    jetfighter13

    good game awesome planing and i want to see the look on his face when he lost

  • 2 years ago

    tpetzke

    I guess this opening is a joke, I would prefer playing Black. Don't know why he hasn't just played 27. ... Qb7# and it would have been over for White.

    or 28. ... Rxf7 29. Ne7 Qd4#

    White is so screwed with its no existing king safety.

  • 2 years ago

    jbell35

    two words... Brilliant, eh?

    Bravo IWishIWasSmart!

  • 2 years ago

    hic2482w

    Thanks. As a sub-par player who has rarely understood the bogart, I know understand the key concepts and prepare to play it in my next tournament. Many Thanks!

  • 2 years ago

    IWishIWasSmart

    Haha!

  • 2 years ago

    WalterLeffron

    Woowee! The bongcloud opening! iwishiwas playin that right nowCool

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