Animal Chess Openings

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The mad dog attack

Racoon Variation

Giraffe opening

Rhino System

Hippo System

Hedghog System

Sicilian Dragon/Chinese Dragon

Tiger Modern

Raptor Variation

Spanish Game Nightingale Variation

Monekys Bum

Unicorn Variation

look those up...

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@Emil_Diemer

Yeah I will need to add them for sure lol.

I am taking a break at the moment lol.


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The elephant gambit?
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Does the sicialian dragon count? ;)
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I LOVE this topic!! Well done!
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I LOVE this topic!! Well done!
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I LOVE this topic!! Well done
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Everybody left out the Orangutan!

Some would argue a Dragon is an animal.

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Kangaroo Defense! Actually not a bad opening at all.

Some friends and I at my high school championship this year were trying to come up with an all-animal repertoire.

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dpnorman wrote:

Kangaroo Defense! Actually not a bad opening at all.

 

Some friends and I at my high school championship this year were trying to come up with an all-animal repertoire.

Kangaroo is Post 16

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King's Pawn Opening:  St. George, Woodchuck Variation

 

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The Creepy Crawley Opening.

 

Playable by black or white.

Basically, whomever plays it ignores chess principles ( and their opponent) and plays any combination of  1.a3/a6..2..h3/h6....3.c4/c5....bizarre pawn formations/attacks result. With smug players ,on the wrong side of this opening, getting overrun before they realize what is a foot. Also known as the Clemenz Opening,

 

Congrats to all contributors of this great thread!

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There are also the Polar Bear and the Panda Bear. You can Google them.

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X_PLAYER_J_X wrote:

The Kangaroo Opening

The following moves need to be played.

E00 Kangaroo Defense/General

this is called the Keres Defence

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The Lion's jaw should really get more credit. I played against a ~2000 OTB game while I have ~1700 and I won in the Lion's jaw. It usually leads to sämisch positions and it is my preferred response to the annoying Pirc. White gets a big center and space while black's kingside bishop usually stares at a pawn for the rest of the game. White plays on the queenside and black on the kingside.

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What about the Pterodactyl? Even though it's kinda extinct.(The animal, not the opening.)

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Réti Opening: Black Mustang Defense

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Bury Your Head in the Sand Opening

The famous Bury Your Head in the Sand Opening

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BrianTN1 wrote:

Bury Your Head in the Sand Opening

Does @blueemu play that opening?