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chesschamp1020
is it any good also is it original?
Evil_Homer
I read somewhere that there was no point looking for a new opening as everything has already been done.
Not sure if it's true, but it certainly sounds reasonable.
Osmano
Seems somewhat unlikely that the pawns and the knights would be arranged like that.
likesforests
This opening looks silly. Even if both sides deployed their knights before anything else, after 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.Nc3 Nc6 your opponent isn't going to mirror g4 or b4, he's simply going to pick off the hanging pawns with an easy win to follow.
matzleeach
BirdBrain
This opening is not practical...it looks like you are more interested in symmetrical openings than understanding imbalances...get Silman's How to Reassess Your Chess and gain some understanding of why you play certain moves, and then try to devise an opening plan. Or better yet, pick a plan that GMs have dedicated countless hours of study to, like the Ruy Lopez or the Queen's Gambit, and pick one solid line within it, and learn how to develop. Then you won't try ideas with "pointless" pawn moves - it is easy to see that the knight pawns are hanging.
But at least you are trying. Maybe you ought to look into Owen's defense with b6 Bb7 and g6 Bg7, controlling the center from the flanks. The pawns aren't quite so endangered like in your opening with b5 and g5. Then from there you can proceed with moves like e6 and d6, Nd7 and Ne7, and 0-0 and attack the center with c5 or f5.
madpawn
KillaBeez
Well, I created an opening called the Burris Gambit against the Caro-Kann and it even made its way onto an encyclopedia by that name. Many people who I show it to begin playing it almost immediately and have great results. So that statement is not true.
futuregm23
can you please post "the Burris gambit"?
Thanks for the heads up. :-)
Loomis
Alekhine won a game in 1936 with what you call the "Burris Gambit". So, I have to ask, how old are you to have been the first to try this idea? ;-)
How did you come up with that name? Also you said that you create the Burris Gambit opening not name it!
demoliti0n
CatoTheElder
Actually, Alekhine lost a game with that opening... http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1468352
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