C56, Two Knights, Canal Variation.
See, from this this thread (the pgn below is copyed from there): http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/two-knights-defense-canal-variation
As I said, the previous was lazily copied from another thread, as for the included comments in the pgn.
Here I add the pure sequence of moves, when the surprise effect is quite more visible. The opening is equal if Black knows what to do, but that's not what the topic of this thread asked for, I think.
Grob attack
g4 d5, bg2 c6, h3 h5, g5 h4
Polish Opening - b4. Followed by Bb2 and g3. You fianchetto your white bishop and attack through the queenside. Fun and quite effective for me. Play a couple of times to get a feel for the opening.
orangutan opening...1.b6
"You don't even have to play chess to logically deduce that a genuinely "awesome and useful opening" would not be obscure for very long. "
What is objectively a good opening is not the same as what is practically useful for us below master level.
If you don´t like to study openings at all then perhaps you should chose an opening that is both quiet and obscure. On the other hand specialising in studying an odd and sharp opening can work really well on amateur level, particularily against stronger players. I played e4 e5 Nf3 f5 in some games f.e..
Though I base this on my clubplay exerience way back in time when computers and databases was not used very much. Maybe its somehow different now. I for my part as I haven´t studied openings in almost 20 years have recently discovered chess960 and only play that, getting a much higher ranking as well so I suppose I lost often before because I didn´t know the openings.
You have a point but their are such things as unsung heroes - what about chess openings
e5 loses a pawn to Qa5+.
Good Morning Sir, I just want to make it clear that you are the best at chess in your age group! HAHA
The Bongcloud...:P but it is just obscure...not even useful
The Clarendon Court Defense (1.d4 c5 2.d5 f5). In essence, it's a hybrid of the Benoni and Leningrad Dutch. Normally in the Leningrad Dutch, the Queen's Rook, Queen's Bishop, and a-, b-, and c-pawns sit at home. Here the c-pawn is on c5, so you at least have a little space on the Queenside, but it's still ultimately a Kingside attack for Black.