I played a game recently and won in six moves. I have tryed to look for the opening name but I have not been able to find a name past the first move of each color.

If no name exist, perhaps we could call it the Davenport variation to whateveer name is give to first moves.

It is a delayed vs of King's Gambit stuffed up!

A delayed version of the kings gambit, even though white did not play e4.

I don't care what you call it, that game was hilarious!!! I am still cracking up! If I were you I would study up on some opening principals before moving into the names.

Chessbee wrote:

I don't care what you call it, that game was hilarious!!! I am still cracking up! If I were you I would study up on some opening principals before moving into the names.

 Im glad you enjoyed it, but I should point out I was the winner. I knew exactly what to look for to pull off that checkmate.

Diordmagic,

When I first encountered it  1. Nc3 was called "Dunst's Opening," the eponymous hero being a New York master who played in that city's famous chess clubs during the 1950s and 1960s. The two lines I discovered were listed in Ruben Fine's 1932, completely revised edition of Modern Chess Openings, or MCO, as it was more commonly known to just about every chess player in North America. We North Americans (USAmericans especially) tend to think that we invented, or at least, improved upon everything, but, as it turns out that the first mention of 1.Nc3 appears in the first edition of Bilguer-Handbuch des Schachspiels written by one of the greatest players of the Classical Age of Chess (and the player with longest name in the history of the game) Baron Tassilo von Heydebrandt und der Lasa. 

The good Baron never essayed 1.Nc3, preferring the more swashbuckling openings in vogue during his career, like the King's Bishop Gambit and the not so Giuoco, Giuoco Piano. (To see some of the Baron's fine attacking games go to http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=15952). The first appearance of 1.Nc3 in tournament chess appears to be in the game between the loser of the "Immortal Game," Kieseritsky, who commanded the white army, and the Frenchman, Desloges, who handled the black side, in a game played in 1847. None other than Napoleon Bonaparte is supposed to have played the move against Madame deRemusat between military conquests in 1804, but the game is generally regarded as a hoax. It's a shame, since the opening could have come  to be known as "Napoleon's Opening" otherwise, but it should properly be known as Kieseritsky's. 

It's not. Besides being named after Ted Dunst, it has called the Kostrc Defense after Johann Kostrc and Hanke's Defense for Leonard Hanke of Baden. Personally, I like Harald Keilhack's designation Linkspringer. IM Keilhack has written the most thorough book on the Opening, bearing the same name. Linksspringer, in case your not familiar with German, means "left leaper or jumper." Since Der Springer is the German term for knight, Linkspringer translates to "Knight on the Left," which admirably describes the sector of the board where white develops his knight on the first move. 

If you want a really authoritative treatment of 1. Nc3 try Knight on the Left 1.Nc3 Studies of an Unorthodox Chess Opening, Harald Keilhack, published by Schachverlag Kania, 2nd Edition (it's in English). But, be warned, the book is almost 400 pages long and requires a fairly advanced understanding of the game. 

Finally, to your game. Click on "move list for my annotations."

Congratulations on winning a snappy miniature. 

White simply blundered half of his moves. Wouldn't call this an opening.

This is  a premiere example of why you should try out your new opening theory before playing it in a game.

wow RobertABrown seriously nice analysis but no one seems to acknowledge it.

RobertABrown wrote:

The first appearance of 1.Nc3 in tournament chess appears to be in the game between the loser of the "Immortal Game," Kieseritsky, who commanded the white army, and the Frenchman, Desloges, who handled the black side, in a game played in 1847.

Unless I am mistaken, the Immortal Game was played by Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky in 1851 and it began 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4

Unless I am mistaken, the Immortal Game was played by Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky in 1851 and it began 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4

 I believe that is the kings gambit.