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anyone seen an opening like this and if so what is it called

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lennon2007
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wbbaxterbones

Well Qa4+ loses the queen so...

BrockLee

Haha. Now you're sad. And queenless.

JonArgyle

Well, you probably know it's a Vienna game.  The Philidor-ish 2...d6 is unusual, but not unheard of as a response.  You won't see it much because it holds up particularly poorly against 3.f4.  (Mostly, you want the bishop on c5 in KGD type lines, and here, it's blocked in.)

3.Nd5 is just horrible.

BrutusOptimus

Slightly worse than the Bongcloud, with all that tempo wasting.