Chess Openings Alphabet Game

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Name a chess opening. I begin with A, then you have to go with the next letter up. You also must display the opening. If you don't, your response won't count. Openings do NOT have to be rare.

If you want, you can learn the openings and test them in real Rapid games. 

A is for Alekhine's Defense.

 

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B is for Blackburne-Shilling (BS) Gambit.

Black is able to set a trap if White takes the pawn after the gambit is initiated.

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C is for Coca-Cola Gambit.

[Stockfish eval. -1.66]

This is a bit lame because there's about 100 choices per letter.

Other contenders were: Cambridge Springs Defense, Copenhagen Defense, Catalan, Chigorin Defense, Colle System, Cormorant Gambit, Creepy Crawly Formation, The Crocodile, Chameleon System, Chinese Dragon, Caro-Kann, Christiansen's Dream, Chekhover Sicilian, Chebanenko Slav, Chicago Defense, and the Capablanca-Duras Variation of the QGD.

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Duras Gambit anyone?

 

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E is for Englund Gambit (one of my faves)

 

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F is for fried liver attack 

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CheckmateKarnivore wrote:

F is for fried liver attack 

Who downvoted this!? This is actually a good opening, one of the best traps ever!

 

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H is for Halloween Gambit.

 

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I= Italian Game


Italian Game

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jaenisch gambit
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Latvian gambit

 

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M is for Modern Defense

 

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Nimzo Indian
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yall missed K so

kadas gambit

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M is for Modern defense

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O is for Owen's Defense

Though there's also Omega Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2. e5) but that's a variation of the Indian defense. Other than that there's not many O, openings. btw you guys missed G and also used M twice...

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P is for Panteldakis Countergambit
 
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For the missing G... Grand Prix Attack.

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ABZRailfanning wrote:

H is for Halloween Gambit.

It seems I missed G. @EdouardIII, thank you for filling in

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Queens gambit for Q