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vernon
As Bill Wall posted in the chessopedia The Orangutan Opening here is the game in which he refers and where it was first played
Event New York International Tournament
Site New York International Tournament
Date 1924
Mygame5377
I don't see how u can play an opening like that.
photray94
This is actually known most commonly as the Polish Opening. There's a book all about it named Play 1b4!: Shock your opponents with the Sokolsky.
AaronSchloss
The sokolsky is a valid opening, actually, and there is no need to use it to shock your opponents. I have over a 70% winrate with it in tournament settings.
whergonow
ummm why didn't black just take the pawn when it was hanging ?
IM pfren
Nothing wrong with it, and nothing terribly good, either. Black has many ways to get a good game, simplest one (no need for virtually any theory at all) is simple development with ...e5, ...d6, ...f5, ...Nf6, ...Be7 and so on.
1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 f5?!
by JMB2010 a few minutes ago
5/19/2013 - Mate in 2
by RMDillinger a few minutes ago
why do people stall when they are losing?
by chess_gg a few minutes ago
Could someone help us, please:)
by pdela 2 minutes ago
A typical idea in the Dragon Sicilian
by Sunshiny 5 minutes ago
Immortal?
by unique1234567890 6 minutes ago
restricted play
by daniel1883 7 minutes ago
i can't escape chess but i must!
by netzach 12 minutes ago
Could anyone do a analysis on this game
by Rasparovov 15 minutes ago
Question about the Novag Citrine Chess Computer
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