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Great chessopening: the lion
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Aug 8, 2015
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If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg.
This is a philidor hanham variation. The only reason it was called the lion was for marketing purposes, as the authors did not seemed to like to use the correct name.
This is a philidor hanham variation. The only reason it was called the lion was for marketing purposes, as the authors did not seemed to like to use the correct name.
Everybody calls this the Hanham, but feel free to call it the Ashurbanipal Attack if you wish so.
I think it's a specific Hanham though....Hanham is a cooler name anyway it has a cute ring to it.
ruben72d wrote:
If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg.
Indeed, but, it's a variation on the hanham variation wich had nót a name before it was the lion. A tail has already a name, that's right, so you can't call it a leg.
I don't have any marketing purposes with this blog post, I like making blog posts. I'm not the inventor of this opening, it's one of my favorite openings.
The lion is a great chessopening, it's attacking and fun to play.
Click on the link below to see an post about the lion with commentary, tips, tricks, an great example game and a puzzle!
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