
Mokele Mbembe



As far as I know, this is the only opening name with an African connection. The Mokele Mbembe is a mythical African river monster/snake.
Just for interest sake.
Eric Schiller also covered this in his Unorthodox Openings book, I think.

Probably you already know that, but on chesscafè you can find a pair of interesting articles written by Bueker himself on this subject.
As far as i'm concerned i have played the regular alekhine a lot, but i never dared to play this. It seems to me that in some lines yes, black is possibly holding everything togheter with best play, but W has all the chances.