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There are some openings I just love the names of.

KGD: Mafia Defence

Bayonet Attack

The Elephant

Fried Liver Attack

 

What are your favorite names of openings?

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The Bongcloud Attack is the best

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There is one that preuss named for one of our members. It is a pawn gambit that if accepted gains black a bishop.

He called it the Flying Monkey Counter.

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Frankenstein Dracula

Halloween Gambit

Latvian Corkscrew

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add to that the

Fried Fox

Hammerschlag

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Santasiere's Folly

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definately

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Outflank Variation

Chinese Dragon

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Sodium Attack

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Kangaroo

Lasker-Dunne (just because it has my last name in it! =))

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kid_of_chess wrote:

Kangaroo

Lasker-Dunne (just because it has my last name in it! =))


 Your last name is lasker?

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Orang-Utan ( 1.g4 e5 2. h3 ...)

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ARandomPerson wrote:
kid_of_chess wrote:

Kangaroo

Lasker-Dunne (just because it has my last name in it! =))


 Your last name is lasker?


 no its dunne =)

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Two Knight's Tango.

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KG has a few

Mafia defence, as mentioned

Dodo variation

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How about the Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl !

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guitarzan wrote:

How about the Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl !


 my favorite as black.

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None of these are any good but

Drunken knight opening

Elephant's gambit

Orangutange

Hillbilly attack

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The three winners are:

Monkey's Bum of the Modern Defense (1.e4 g6 2.Bc4 Bg7 3.Qf3 e6 4.d4 Bxd4 5.Ne2 Bg7 6.Nbc3)

Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl  (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7)

Frankenstein-Dracula Variation

Any objections? No, I thought not.

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Knight's Tour Variation (Modern Benoni):