1.Na3

Does anyone know Robert Durkin if so can you post his game's with him using 1.Na3 please and thank you.

I found three games played by Durkin in ChessBase's Big Database.

   Game 2

    Game 3

thank you

Playing the Sodium Attack (1.Na3) is about as good for your chess as intaking excessive sodium is for your body's health!

Might as well bring a salt shaker with you to your next chess tournament, filled with salt of course, and shake it in your mouth all thru the game during your opponent's turn.  Make sure you finish the shaker's contents before the game is over!

Then go to your doctor and have your blood pressure checked!

Long story short, don't play that garbage.  1.e4, 1.d4, 1.c4, 1.Nf3, 1.g3, even 1.Nc3, 1.b3, or 1.b4, are all better than 1.Na3.

ThrillerFan is completely wrong. 1.Na3 is playable as long as you transpose into something semi-respected like the Stonewall, which is what happened in the game. Of course if you play 1.Na3 probably you will be a Patzer so your opening would be anyways trash with or without 1.Na3

Na3 e5 and then how do you transpose into a line where the knight is fine on a3?

Please come to Over the Board tournaments that I play in, play in my section, and I hope each time that I get Black against you.  You go ahead and play 1.Na3.  I'll mop you off the floor!

1.Na3 is not good at all.  If your definition of "playable" is that Black has no forced mate in 20 or less, then fine.  It's still a bad move!

Na3 is perfectly playable in bullet games!

Well, to first answer the OP's original question. I don't know Robert Durkin. However at the time I wrote an article on him evidence indicated that Bob died in or about 1986/87 at the age of 64 or thereabouts.

As for any games by Bob using his 1.Na3. Do a Google search for 'DB Chessbooks'. Go to the 'DB Chessbooks - lists' link. Go to free books and there you should find 'Knightmare - A new chess opening by Robert Durkin'. From there simply download.

As to the soundness or playability of 1.Na3. I have to freely admit people like Thrillerfan really do amuse me. How can anyone in their right minds can say that after playing one move as White that one's game is so hopelessly lost that White can be 'moped off the floor' is beyond me. That presupposes that any method of defence (and or attack) by Black is winning....That is equally as daft

Who can say whether 1.Na3 is sound and or playable, its only 1 move in a series of move that hopefully will constitute a game of chess

And one last thing to support that point. Vadmir Zvyaginsev rated 2659 Elo plays 1.Na3 c5 2.e4 by the Sicilian move order and has wins against Ponomariov (2738) & Khalifman (2653)....Its not what you play but how you play it and against whom

Na3 the sodium attack!

well..yes and no. It was always known as Durkin's Attack. A number of chess related sites and programs identify it as A00 Durkin's Attack. Interestingly enough though, a source told me that Robert Durkin had plans to produce a second book which he had intended to called "The Sodium attack"....

God your trolling is burning my eyes and ears Don...ald

Lol Donaldo. Last time I checked you were only 1900.

Hes not 1900 or 1950.  Can't you see his game archives against the weak computers and the high rating fluctuations?

You're right. Now that I look at his games, this guy is a total fake. He started at 1800 and then played games against the weak computers to inflate his ratings. Based on what I've seen in the forums, I'm not giving him more than 1500.

Less in my opinion.  I am pretty annoyed you didn't see this earlier...  I wonder how may other people think this troll actually has higher ratings.

Robert James Durkin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2_-x7oAf5w

Here's a link to a useful video on this offbeat opening.

I know it can be improved, like everyone's chess understanding.  But how do you know this when yours is much lower?