There is some slight logic in this opening: at the beginning of the game, the f-pawn is the weakest of the pawns. Moving it to f3 makes it defended by two pawns. Moving your king to f2 actually defends it slightly.
Barnes Hammerschlag: how even was this created?
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favourite opening i´ve beaten magnus with this
today I found the "Barnes opening: Hammerschlag variation" in the opening database. It is like this. HOW WAS THIS CREATED?
creation reason 1: before castling is allowed, this is an offbeat opening for players who try to avoid e line tension, they aim for this:
or something similar. It's still weird
creation reason 2: Bongcloud jokers get creative.
comment on your thoughts about how this was created.