Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense
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It would be really good if someone would compile the openings into some sort of encyclopedia.
Danish Gambit
Center Game - Qxd4
Jan 17, 2015
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I don't see the value of this project. Just get a book of openings and you will instantly have at least 100 opening names, more than you'd want to type. If you include names of variations then you're up into at least hundreds of names, maybe thousands. Also, many opening names have synonyms.
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Weird opening names
Most of the names given to chess openings make
a good deal of sense. These openings are usu-
ally named after the player who popularized the
opening or after the place where the opening
was first introduced. Some opening names, how-
ever, have far less mundane origins. Be fore-
warned that these names are far from univer-
sally recognized, but most players know what
you mean if you refer to any of the following
openings:
+ The Dragon
+ The Orangutan
+ The Hedgehog
Less familiar but still generally understood are
these openings:
+ The Vulture
+ The Rat
+ The Kangaroo
One chess opening is even called the Woozie,
but don't ask me why. In the U.S., chess players
call another opening the Fried Liver attack--so
you can see that just about anything goes! To get
credit for a new opening system, you must play
that opening in a major tournament or publish
your analysis to back up your claim. Don't try too
hard, however, because coming up with some-
thing no one has tried before is very, very hard
these days--believe me.
A good source of weird opening names may be
found in Unorthodox Openings, by Joel Benjamin
and Eric Schiller.
Eade, James. 1996. Chess For Dummies. Foster City, CA: IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.
The Sicilian Defense - Open
Good ideas are usually criticized.
I regret that this wetdogsmell's very laudable effort, useful for a large number of chess fans who wish to have a good first approximation to the main openings, has been discouraged by a couple of unfortunate comments that evidently stopped his practical and unclouded initiative.
I thank wetdogsmell for their valuable work, and I invite him to take it up again.
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