The Fried Fox Defense

The Fried Fox Defense violates two cardinal rules of opening theory in the first two moves, which makes it a worthwhile tool in any Bizarre Openings Manual. Practically no-one knows about it or wants to know about it, which means he who wields this weapon deftly has the definite advantage in a blitz game due to the tyranny of Time. Time dictates a stupid opening will beat all comers if the player of the stupid opening knows it backwards and forwards.

Although it looks like a sure-fire loser, in actual practice the opening is deeper than it looks. Not all chessplayers realize that in the history of the game, castling represented a radical innovation. It was developed in order to hasten along the middle and end game and get the rooks into play quickly, but also because players were tired of being compelled into variations of precisely this opening, which goes 1. f3 2. Kf2. (It does not really matter that much what the other side plays, and a similar opening is particularly good for Black.)

The key to the opening is that the practitioner must be vigilant to develop as quickly as possible under the circumstances. This is frequently done by trading off pieces. Prophylactic moves are also necessary in order to safeguard the exposed King. This opening tempts the other player to squander inordinate amounts of seconds designing a premature attack, but in truth there is no really easy attack to be made.