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ARandomPerson

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?

Conquistador

The Bongcloud Attack is the best

ARandomPerson

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.

Mainline_Novelty

Frankenstein Dracula

Halloween Gambit

Latvian Corkscrew

Mainline_Novelty

add to that the

Fried Fox

Hammerschlag

rooperi

Santasiere's Folly

Mainline_Novelty

definately

Mainline_Novelty

Outflank Variation

Chinese Dragon

Mainline_Novelty

Sodium Attack

Mainline_Novelty

Kangaroo

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

ARandomPerson
kid_of_chess wrote:

Kangaroo

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


 Your last name is lasker?

Tigranlinflexible

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

Mainline_Novelty
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 =)

siamesenightmare93

Two Knight's Tango.

ARandomPerson

KG has a few

Mafia defence, as mentioned

Dodo variation

guitarzan

How about the Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl !

ARandomPerson
guitarzan wrote:

How about the Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl !


 my favorite as black.

ItalianGame-inactive

None of these are any good but

Drunken knight opening

Elephant's gambit

Orangutange

Hillbilly attack

Timome

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.

PrawnEatsPrawn

Knight's Tour Variation (Modern Benoni):