
Offbeat Openings
Not all games start with 1.e4 or 1.d4. The most common additional opening is the English Opening, 1.c4. Black can meet the English with 1...e5 or 1...c5 to get purely English positions, or try to transpose into d4 openings with 1...c6 or 1...e6.
A more risky openings is the Bird's Opening, 1.f4. This controls the center, but exposes the White king. 1.b3 is the Larson opening. It's playable, but Black can reach a good position by controlling the center.
1.b4 is the Orangutan. Black can reach a good position by placing pawns in the center. 1.g4 is the bad Grob's opening, which exposes the White king and doesn't control the center.
1.a3 is Anderssen's opening. It doesn't control the center, but at least it doesn't harm White's position.
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