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I have "invented" an unorthodox opening setup. The QB would eventually get fianchettoed, though whether through a a3-b4 setup or a classical b3 setup, would depend on the position. Alternatively, the KN could go to f3. The idea with this attack is that it is slightly more active than the traditional hippo and reduces black's options somewhat. Also, the KN can go to g3 eventually, whereas the pawn is on that square in the traditional hippo. The intended move order would be through 1 g4 d5 2 h3 etc. Any comments or suggestions?

How exactly do you play the borg? I mean I know that the starting moves are 1 e4 g5, but not any farther. Could someone give me a little bit of theory pls?

I am collaborating on a novel with 2 other writers. We have a scene where a university professor plays chess with one of his students. He sort of "analyzes" her based on her method of play. What I'm looking for is an unorthodox game but strongly played by both sides -- no glaring mistakes. It's probably better if the game is shorter too, not a 50 or 60-move game. I'm thinking 1. Na3 or Frankenstein-Dracula or Latvian Gambit, but keeping my options open. Anyone willing to share one of their games for the book or have an appropriate game in mind?

i have entered us in the openings league so get read y to get really active

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I'm looking for a couple of members that are interested in becoming Group Admins. I dont have much time to focus on this group and would really like some members to step up and help promote the group and run tournaments and vote chess games. If you're interested please message me. Thanks! Boog.

This is a recent Elephant Gambit win of mine! Annotated by me.. analysis by Rybka 3.

Hello all. I'm a new admin here for Unorthodox Openings. I feel the group needs to be a bit more active. And how better than to compete in a couple of group vote chess games? Of course, we'll live up to our group name and play some obscure openings, which will hopefully get our opponents out of book moves pretty quickly. Make sure to be apart of any upcoming group vote chess game, as we'll need your opinion for the winning move! We lost our last vote chess game. But not because of bad moves! We lost on time. If we stay active and participate in these games, that won't happen again.

Macho Grob Thematic Tournament. I need 5 more players...

If you have any good recent UCO games please post them up here! Boog.

[Event "AUTO-ELITE-278"][Site "http://www.queenalice.com/game.php?id=523635"][Date "2009.01.16"][Round "1"][White "danthebugman"][Black "Donidon"][Result "1-0"][WhiteElo "2257"][BlackElo "2338"][ECO "C40"]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 I have taken to playing this seemingly passive opening again. It really is a breath of fresh air not continuing 3.Bb5!3...d5 4.Bb5 dxe4 5.Nxe5 Qd5 6.Qa4 Qxe5 Allowing the exchange sac is absolutely no good for Black. I have two other games going on QueenAlice, both feature the 3...d5 variation. In one Black is already losing and the other is equal, but I shall post them when they are finished.7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Qxc6+ Kd8 9.Qxa8 Nf6 10.Na3 Qg5 11.O-O Bd6 12.g3 Qd5 13.Qxd5 Nxd5 14.Nc4 Ba6 15.Nxd6 Bxf1 16.Nxf7+ Ke7 17.Nxh8 Bd3 18.b3 Kf8 19.Ba3+ Kg8 20.Re1 Kxh8 21.f3 e3 22.dxe3 Nxc3 23.Bb2 Ne2+ 24.Kf2 Ba6 25.Rxe2 Bxe2 26.Kxe2 Kg8 27.Bd4 1-0I'm still conducting "research" into the Brooklyn Variation of the Alekhine. Finding out some interesting things, but here is a game from today showing how easily White can go wrong:[Event "FICS rated standard game"][Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"][Date "2009.02.01"][Time "08:15:42"][Round "-"][White "gutierez"][Black "Pawns"][WhiteElo "1877"][BlackElo "1973"][TimeControl "1800+0"][Mode "ICS"][Result "0-1"]1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ng8 3.d4 d6 4.f4 c5 5.d5 dxe5 6.fxe5 e6 7.c4 This move is just careless, White played this quickly and failed to take into account Black's ability to counter-attack!7...Qh4+ 8.Ke2 Qxc4+ 9.Kf2 Qxd5 10.Qxd5 exd5 With two pawns in his pocket and a solid position all Black has to do is not get caught in a silly trap and he'll cruise home with the point. To White's credit he is able to set some traps that could have been bad for Black had he not seen what was going on.11.Nc3 Be6 12.Bb5+ Nd7 13.Nf3 h6 14.Bxd7+ Kxd7 15.Rd1 Kc6 16.Bf4 g5 17.Bg3 Bg7 18.Rac1 Ne7 19.Na4 b6 20.b4 c4 21.Nd4+ Kb7 22.Nc3 a6 23.h4 Nc6 24.Nxc6 Kxc6 25.a4 b5 26.axb5+ axb5 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Ra1 f5 29.exf6 Bxf6 30.Rxa8 Rxa8 31.Ne4 Be7 32.Nd2 Ra2 33.Ke3 Ra3+ 34.Kf2 Rd3{White resigns} 0-1

From the Hippo yahoogroup. [Event "Online Chess"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2008.12.17"][Round "1"][White "gbsalvio"][Black "Alibabandhis40pawns"][Result "1-0"][WhiteElo "2451"][BlackElo "2089"][PlyCount "59"][EventDate "2008.??.??"][TimeControl "1"]1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 Bc5 6. Ne2 O-O 7. d3 Bg4 8. h3Bf5 9. a3 a6 10. Nd2 Qd6 11. b4 Ba7 12. O-O Rad8 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ng3 h6 15. Qe2Qe6 16. Nb3 Rfe8 17. Rab1 Bb6 18. Rfe1 Qd6 19. Rbd1 d4 20. Nd2 Qd7 21. Nc4 Nd522. Nxb6 Nxb6 23. Ba1 Na4 24. Rc1 f6 25. Qd1 dxe3 26. fxe3 Re7 27. Rf1 Ree8 28.Nf5 Nb6 29. Be4 Qf7 30. Qf3 1-0 [Event "Online Chess"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2009.01.04"][Round "1"][White "gbsalvio"][Black "streetfighter"][Result "1-0"][WhiteElo "2484"][BlackElo "2195"][PlyCount "49"][EventDate "2009.??.??"][TimeControl "1"]1. b3 Nh6 2. Bb2 f6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. e3 Bg4 6. Ne2 Nd7 7. d3 e6 8. Nd2 Bd69. h3 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qe7 11. a3 O-O 12. O-O Rfe8 13. e4 a5 14. Rfe1 b5 15. exd5exd5 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. c4 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Nc5 19. cxb5 Nxd3 20. Re6 Bc5 21. Rxc6Bxf2+ 22. Kf1 Rd8 23. Bc3 d4 24. Bxa5 Re8 25. Be4 1-0 Best regards from Brasil¡Todo sobre la Liga Mexicana de fútbol! Estadisticas, resultados, calendario, fotos y más:<