The Bond (Destroy Your Opponent's Will to Play Chess Again For The Entire Year) - Chess Forums

DadoLMN

Nov 3, 2023

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The Bong's Indian Attack (a.k.a The Bond) is an extremely theoretical opening filled with ideas. Here's a brief idea of the kind of structure you strive to achieve with it:

Most likely than not, your opponents will not allow you to complete The Bond (cowards). If they attack your knight with their center pawns, you can generally move your knight to e1, continue the Bond's structure, and then push the f-pawn with support from your queen, knight, bishop and rook. Example:

Another common idea is to attack the center with your d-pawn, together with your e-pawn.

Here are two examples of games I played using the Bong's Indian Attack (three and ten months ago):

Be aware of a common opening trap/idea that your opponent might use against The Bond:

It is important to remember to defend that crucial f-pawn so you don't get checkmated and can continue to obliterate your opponent.

This is a game I played about 10 months ago where I wasn't careful with my f-pawn:

Please note that achieving the same structure as follows will lose you the game immediately, as one of The Bond's greatest advantages is the fear it strikes in your opponents:

You are allowed, however, to play the Bong's Indian Defense (The Bondefence), which is analogous to playing The Bond with the black pieces.

This opening is so powerful that some consider it:

The Bon D.

In general:

You will attempt to complete The Bond
If they attack your knight, you will move it to e1 and prepare the push of the f-pawn
You will make a breakthrough in the center with your pawns

Note: be careful with the weak f2 spot!

Unfortunately, many of my wins and losses with The Bond have not been recorded because they were played presencially. I encourage everyone to try it at least once to understand The Bond's true potential. Feel free to challenge me to games; I will use The Bond if I remember to. However, you will most likely not last for long.

DadoLMN

Nov 4, 2023

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#2

Today I played a game using The Bondefence.

I did not play optimally at all, but the intimidation factor alone forced me a draw.

DadoLMN

Nov 4, 2023

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#3

Another opponent succumbed to The Bond:

DadoLMN

Nov 4, 2023

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#4

This is a game where my opponent was so scared of The Bondefence that he played an opening that didn't allow me to complete it:

blueemu

Nov 4, 2023

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#5

You can transpose into the Bong's Indian with:

and it only takes seven moves instead of nine.

DadoLMN

Nov 4, 2023

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#6

blueemu escreveu:

You can transpose into the Bong's Indian with:

and it only takes seven moves instead of nine.

"Please note that achieving the same structure as follows will lose you the game immediately, as one of The Bond's greatest advantages is the fear it strikes in your opponents"

Although it is true that you can transpose into The Bond using that move order, it fails to achieve the opening's intimidation factor (the most important part of The Bond), although the structure is powerful by itself (referring to my first post).

In fact, the more your king gets to move at the opening, the more time it gets to charge up its true power, which makes your weaker opponents feel the need to resign.

This is another transposition to the Bong's Indian, which takes eleven moves instead of nine, allows the king to take a longer walk to reflect his strategies, and centralizes it for a moment:

Although the seven-move transposition completes The Bond, it will work less effectively, especially at the GM level.

DadoLMN

Nov 6, 2023

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This is a game I completely misplayed with The Bond:

h5, h4 is a very logical plan that your opponent might make against you, the Bond user. Normally, it wouldn't be that much of a problem due to the strength of The Bond, but one must be careful not to commit terrible blunders.