This is my first true BongCloud win, but I may consider it a loss, because he resigned before I could get my king all the way to his back wall. I was on the way, and should have promoted my pawn to a Knight instead of a Queen... I also need to figure out how to sacrifice more of my pieces so I can take his larger material pieces earlier. Someone requested more Bongclouds initiated by Black... so I did it. =)
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Queenside fianchetto?
this is jokes
Aquajet17, that's quite the theoretical novelty!
The_Tracer wrote:
this is jokes
well, what did you expect? In the almost 2 million games in the chess.com masters' database, no one ever played 2. Ke2.
BONGCLOUD ATTACK, (Hammersclag) FIANCHETTO VARIATION!
Top 10 reasons to play the Bongcloud (from "Winning with the Bongcloud" by BM Andrew Fabbro. BM stands for, no not that, for Bongcloudmaster, of course.):
10. Your current repertoire is too drawish.
9. You want to avoid the reams of theory needed to play the Najdorf or QGD by selecting an opening with less published thought.
8. "Everything is playable at the club level."
7. You are devoted to a de la Maza tactics regimen and don't want to waste time studying openings.
6. You are intimidated by openings with hard-to-pronounce names like Bogoljubov-Indian, Scheveningen Sicilian, Trompowsky, and Konstantinopolsky
5. Your current repertoire is too well-known in your club and you want to surprise your opponents.
4. You can't afford the full version of ChessBase and want an opening where all known games will fit in ChessBase Light's 32,000-game limit.
3. You're interested in an opening for which no GM or IM has published a refutation.
2. You’ve noticed that while dozens of people have published “Anti-Sicilian” books, there are far fewer “Anti-Bongcloud” books.
1. You’re high as a kite.
rigamagician wrote:
Here's a game apparently from an actual over-the-board tournament:
i thought this game had to be a joke. But it isn't: http://www.365chess.com/view_game.php?g=3002591
Sep 28, 2011
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#91
My top ten
10. you hate standard openings
9. you want to play a true Kings Gambit
8. you play NN
7. Your opponent has a rating of a tooth brush(340, it beat my brother, befor that it was rated 53)
6. you listen to to much Blue Oyster Cult
5. The title you have seems to be Mr. or Ms. or Mrs.
4. you feel that by emulating Lenny_Bongcloud the chess gods will impart some exerstencial knowledge upon your mortal brain
3. the Latvian Gambit is a "safe opening"( you want to play an opening that requires a person to grow a pair)
2. The Nf3 sicillian is to common, instead you listen to Bobby Fischer
1. You are a red neck(sorry Jeff Foxworthy)
Actually, the Hammerschlag is quite solid once black's dark-squared-bishop is eliminated.
jetfighter13 wrote:
My top ten
10. you hate standard openings
9. you want to play a true Kings Gambit
8. you play NN
7. Your opponent has a rating of a tooth brush(340, it beat my brother, befor that it was rated 53)
6. you listen to to much Blue Oyster Cult
5. The title you have seems to be Mr. or Ms. or Mrs.
4. you feel that by emulating Lenny_Bongcloud the chess gods will impart some exerstencial knowledge upon your mortal brain
3. the Latvian Gambit is a "safe opening"( you want to play an opening that requires a person to grow a pair)
2. The Nf3 sicillian is to common, instead you listen to Bobby Fischer
1. You are a red neck(sorry Jeff Foxworthy)
ROFLMAO
What an awsome topic. I needed a good laugh today.
A 36 page PDF file (zipped for no good reason) "Winning with the Bongcloud" by BM Andrew Fabbro.
Sep 29, 2011
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#95
MikeDoyle wrote:
Top 10 reasons to play the Bongcloud (from "Winning with the Bongcloud" by BM Andrew Fabbro. BM stands for, no not that, for Bongcloudmaster, of course.):
10. Your current repertoire is too drawish.
9. You want to avoid the reams of theory needed to play the Najdorf or QGD by selecting an opening with less published thought.
8. "Everything is playable at the club level."
7. You are devoted to a de la Maza tactics regimen and don't want to waste time studying openings.
6. You are intimidated by openings with hard-to-pronounce names like Bogoljubov-Indian, Scheveningen Sicilian, Trompowsky, and Konstantinopolsky
5. Your current repertoire is too well-known in your club and you want to surprise your opponents.
4. You can't afford the full version of ChessBase and want an opening where all known games will fit in ChessBase Light's 32,000-game limit.
3. You're interested in an opening for which no GM or IM has published a refutation.
2. You’ve noticed that while dozens of people have published “Anti-Sicilian” books, there are far fewer “Anti-Bongcloud” books.
1. You’re high as a kite.
What do you expect forom a book that consulted this sources:
How to Regress Your Chess by Silman
The Hallucinations Behind the Chess Openings by Reuben Fine
The Art of the Blunder in Chess by Vukovic
Play Losing Chess by Seirawan
Not My System by Nimzovich
The Really Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess by Wolff
How to Beat Your Dog at Chess by Chandler
Illogical Chess, Move By Move by Chernev
Chess Openings for White, Unexplained by Marv Albert and GM Unpronounceablevili
The Stoner's Mind by Silman
The Least Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Chernev
Chess Fundamentals: The Out-Takes by Capablanca
Recent Developments in the 9. Bb5 Bongcloud by Lenny
pauix wrote:
MikeDoyle wrote:
Top 10 reasons to play the Bongcloud (from "Winning with the Bongcloud" by BM Andrew Fabbro. BM stands for, no not that, for Bongcloudmaster, of course.):
10. Your current repertoire is too drawish.
9. You want to avoid the reams of theory needed to play the Najdorf or QGD by selecting an opening with less published thought.
8. "Everything is playable at the club level."
7. You are devoted to a de la Maza tactics regimen and don't want to waste time studying openings.
6. You are intimidated by openings with hard-to-pronounce names like Bogoljubov-Indian, Scheveningen Sicilian, Trompowsky, and Konstantinopolsky
5. Your current repertoire is too well-known in your club and you want to surprise your opponents.
4. You can't afford the full version of ChessBase and want an opening where all known games will fit in ChessBase Light's 32,000-game limit.
3. You're interested in an opening for which no GM or IM has published a refutation.
2. You’ve noticed that while dozens of people have published “Anti-Sicilian” books, there are far fewer “Anti-Bongcloud” books.
1. You’re high as a kite.
What do you expect forom a book that consulted this sources:
How to Regress Your Chess by Silman
The Hallucinations Behind the Chess Openings by Reuben Fine
The Art of the Blunder in Chess by Vukovic
Play Losing Chess by Seirawan
Not My System by Nimzovich
The Really Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess by Wolff
How to Beat Your Dog at Chess by Chandler
Illogical Chess, Move By Move by Chernev
Chess Openings for White, Unexplained by Marv Albert and GM Unpronounceablevili
The Stoner's Mind by Silman
The Least Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Chernev
Chess Fundamentals: The Out-Takes by Capablanca
Recent Developments in the 9. Bb5 Bongcloud by Lenny
Comedy goldmine.
I 'specially liked "Not My System" by Aron Nimzowitsch XD
Oh, and the #1 reason on MikeDoyle's list.
LoooL Funny stuff.
Oct 17, 2011
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#100
I would like to propose that the pre-opening where White incorrectly sets up his pieces by placing his King on d1 and his Queen on e1 as a pre-variant of the Bongcloud. I would like to call it the Harold and Kumar varation. If White then plays 1.c4 e5 2.Kc2(!!) then I would call it the White Castle.
Sometimes moves that look really bad are really bad. Wasting a move, losing castling rights and making your king more exposed all in a single move is quite an achievement. For the opponent.
dude that is the point of the move to begin with, it works because black is compelled to play Qh4+ g3 fxg3+ Kg2 and now its almost as if white had castled, and with development in the white camp you get compensation for the pawns