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southpawsam
Do you have a "pet"? By "pet", I mean a pet chess opening. Yes, that opening you have study hours on and lost sleep over. That opening that you play with good results, no matter how many times people tell you it is "theoretically unsound". That opening which just like you spose (hopefully) you will never part with until death. I would love to know your pet line. If you have one, post it so I can see it. "Pets" are my favorite
So, do you have "pet"?
DoigteurFou
Against 1.e4 I go 1...g6, the "modern".
As for my "pet" line, in the sense that it is a bad opening that I love and with which I have decent results, it is still as black: 1.d4 c5 2.d5 f5?!
I don't use it too often though, because getting into an inferior position is not really my aim as black.
uhohspaghettio
It goes something like that (I'm Black obviously!).
btw, I was getting White's moves from Rybka 4, don't ask me why it plays 7. h3.
Rybka has it at +0.52 for White, hardly a crazy disadvantage.
RathHood
I have a dragon for a pet! Sicilian dragon!
The Hamppe-Allgaier, Halloween and Nanu Gambits. Good times.
Geee ...some extreme pets you have there
LisaV
Is the Nanu Gambit what Mork plays?
I don't really have a pet opening in the sense that you describe, more like my neighbor's cat that I scratch behind the ears -- King's Gambit & Traxler. Can't say I crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and hear the lamentations of their women with these openings, but they're fun!
Nanu is 1.e4 c5 2.b4
rigamagician
Morky and Mindy was a sitcom in the 1980's. Robin Williams played an alien named Mork who would go around saying "Nanu nanu" all the time, a phrase in the language of his native planet.
The "Nanu" of the gambit is the name of the Romanian IM who first tried it out, Cyprian Costica Nanu. The two are not related.
I wouldn't call Traxler 'neighbour's cat' it's more like drunken tiger.
I was trying not to date myself.
Some of the younger players on the site seem familiar with Mork and Mindy perhaps because of re-runs. You can tell people you first saw it on Youtube.
ChristianSoldier007
I havent particulary studied any one opening, but I do enjoy my little unorthodox formation here(game is not real, just shows the dynamics of the opening. only hypermodern I play):
I try not to date myself either, but sometimes I have to.
The Nanu Gambit looks sharp and risky. I love it!
echecs06
1.b4
pattrik
QGD:CSV
(queen's gambit declined: cambridge-springs variation)
Estragon
When you date yourself, who picks up the check?
Crazychessplaya
The Fried Liver. Yes, I know it is ultimately dubiuous, but who cares at the amateur level?
rich
I suppose my pet opening would have to be the Trompowsky Attack.
Here_Is_Plenty
I have always known that as the Wing gambit. Played probably the best game I have ever lost against it about 12 years ago.
pauix
The Danish and the Latvian.
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