The[A00 ]1.Na3 >>Tapel-Tomas Opening has already an Opening concept.It has already a pawn structure or formation.It has 2 to 3 choices of where to go .Two themes of play ;to attack with sacrifices and to defend via solid positional posture.Already won more than 500 games,since it was launch June-July 2008 via Internet Chess.Four sites namely;Playchess.com,Chess.com,Chesscube.com and Instanchess.com.The direct cousins or relatives of this opening are,The Colle System,Torre Attack,and the London System.It can be achieve or arrived at via "Transposition".Compared to the Durkin Attack and differing from it follows the path of the Bird'sOpening via the f4 move.
Let us be clear.If we call every e4 or e3 King's pawn Opening then we would not have The King's gambit,Ruy Lopez,Sicilian defense,Center Counter, Petroff Defense ,Van't Kruijs Opening and all the other Chess opening names we Know just because of the first move either e3 or e4.In like manner,it is absurd or illogical to name all games Sodium Attack just because it starts with 1.Na3.Got the parallel idea.Here is the Actual Game of the" Durkin Attack" by Robert Durkin.
And this is the actual game 1.Na3 of Engineer John Tapel versus a Filipino National Master.When I defeated a master it finally occured to me that really this was a viable and competitive opening.The A00Tapel-Tomas Opening.
I believe that 1. Na3?! is a dubious, maybe even unsound opening. If your plan is to go for the Colle or Torre systems, then why not leave the knight on b1 and go straight for it?
It's funny that in the first game, the Na3 never moved again, or even had any influence whatsoever!
Yeah, I agree! XD
Na3 never moved and never had any influence in the game. Its a wasted move!
Exactly. That game wasn't won BECAUSE of 1. Na3, it was won DESPITE 1. Na3. It is a very, very poorly placed piece in the Bird's Opening (which is what it transposed to)- I would never, ever stick a knight on a3 after 1. f4. The game was instead won due to an attack on the kingside, in which the Na3 did not take part in and so, was simply a wasted tempo.
Na3 versus The World
1.CT(Philippines) vs Bulgaria /guest#3051799 [1-0] 13 moves mate
site:Playchess.com/date:July 01,2008
1.Na3 Na6 2.c3 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bf4 Bd7 6.e3 h6 7.h4 Rc8 8.Bxa6 bxa6 9.Ne5 Rb8 10.Qf3 f6? 11.Qh5+ Ke7 12.Qf7+ Kd6 13.Nec4# Double Checkmate or Discovery checkmate.1-0,White wins.
Game 1
2.CT(Philippines) vs Netherlands/guest#3060053 [1-0] 18 moves win
1.Na3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bf4 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bf4 Bd7 6.c3 Nh5 7.Bg5 f6 8.Bh4 Bg4 9.Be2 e6 10.Bb5 Qd7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 f5 13.g4 Nf6 14.gxf5 exf5 15.d5! a6 16.dxc6 Qe7 17.cxb7+ axb5 18.bxa8Q+ Black Resigns,Double Queen of White.1-0,White wins.
Game2
You did pretty well to play the game in the above post before the actual date...
Anyway, just because you can win with an opening doesn't make it good. Your opponents were evidentally weaker than you (e.g. 1... Na6?!) and in both games, you don't actually use your Na3. Hardly endearing.
in neither of those games did you use you na3 knight. Im not saying you're better than me, I'm just saying that its a waste of a piece....
1.Na3 is a waste of a move and a piece as the knight on the rim is dim
3.CT(Philippines) vs Dan Tigre/Argentina[1-0] 36 moves mate
1. Na3 was traded on the second move! What point is there in the move 1. Na3?????
It is a bad, useless move. Sicilian 2. Na3 makes sense because the knight repositions to c2 or c4 but in all ur games NA3 IS USELESS!
All these games are historical.All my opponents here are first time i have encountered.So we don't know who is the stronger or who has the better opening or response to it.During this time July 2008 to be exact.My Na3 is being tested if it could pass different people and different style and approach of play.A litmus test.It passed that test having a batting average of in 10 games or 11 with 9 wins 1 lost or 19 wins 1 draw record.It has an average winning of more than 90 %.That is very ,very high percentage of winnability.Even in our chess .com site.Explore your game.That Na3"Sodium Opening" is the highest in percentage winning of 60% plus over all the rest openings that you can name or that you know of.And it makes you wonder!?The rest comes shy of its record.So if your a Sicilian defense player(e4 c5)it is almost a 50-50 chance of winning,wether your white or black.If I will go with Na3 Opening as white and if I handle it myself i have a 90% of winning.Chess.com says 60% plus of winning.So any bad or uneducated criticism of the Na3 is nothing or junk!,because the winnability of an opening is the first consideration why we use it.
In the Military Tactics and Warfare.The element of surprise is a definite and tested style or method to win the war.The Germans know of this,they have the " BlitzKreig" where we get our" Blitz Chess" or Lightning Chessgames. Almost all my opponents are surprise,loaths(make fun) or are extremely afraid with the Na3.When I use it to them.I am like Genghis Khan of Asia even the Mighty Chinese Empire is afraid.So they befriend him or Me.Or else I'll get that empire and rule it myself.That is Na3!!!It is a surprisingly strong weapon.Intiendes,Amigos for my Spanish speaking friends.ChessTrainor.Viva ,Espana our long time Colonial master.Mabuhay,Pilipinas!!!.Now that we are free.We just celebrated our June 12 Independence Day,Mabuhay!!!same.
U won all the gamesbecause ur opponents playedbadly. Also, in all the games, Na3 did not play any part in the battle, it just wasted a move. IT IS A BAD OPENING
4.CT(Philippines) vs USA/guest#3134755 [1-0] 17 moves
1.Na3 b6 2.c3 Bb7 3.d4 g6 4.h4 Bg7 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 d6 7.e3 e5 8.Bg3 f5 9.Be2 e4 10.Ng5 h6 11.Ne6! Qe7 12.Bc4! Nf6 13.d5 Ne5 14.Bxe5 dxe5 15.Qa4+! Nd7 16.Nxc7+!( Double Attack) Kc7 .17.d6+( Discovery Attack,captures Queen) Resigns1-0,White wins.
Game 4
It is really a bad Opening for my opponents!CT.
5.CT(Philippines) vs Neoslade,Australia/ [1-0] 7 moves win
1.Na3 e5 2.c3 Bxa3 3.bxa3 d6 4.e3 b6 5.d4 Na6 6.Qa4+! Qd7 7.Bb5! Pin, Black Resigns,captures Queen .1-0,White wins.
Game 5
Exactly. The knight on a3 doesnt affect the game and white can only hope for equality. Why not p;ay e4, d4, c4, Nf3, g3, b3 or any SANE opening.
WHY DID U HAVE TO WASTE UR FIRST MOVE?????
STUPID OPENING CHOICE
In my sending this opening to the Akansas List of Chess opening.The Na3 when captured by the Bishop of White acts as a bait!For the uninformed.A positive comment says Many winning of the A00 Tapel-Tomas Opening is due to Bishops capturing The Knight bait in the opening moves,quoting him,Exchanging a good bishop for a bad Knight.i hope u understand this simple explanation.Another thing for the uninformed.When the b file becomes open,my recorded games shows a loss for black when castling Queenside,because of the open file advantage,if that is so.My likely target will be castling Kingside so my moves and attack is geared to that side.No more second guessing.That is another advantage.ChessTrainor.
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