Besides, with all those movements before Kf7, white has time enough to prepare for castling on kingside.
Realy a joke opening ?
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I intend to play this :)
According to chessmaster: "This is best characterized as a 'Joke Opening,' of no redeeming significance. Only in Kriegspeil, a chess variant, may this ploy to hide the King be of any value. Here, with both players having sight of board and all of the men, it is awful." This lets white put black in check on the third move. Not a sound opening.
in the giant board, white should play 10. Bxh6
Yes - its a joke opening
May 16, 2008
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The Barnes defence is 1...f6, becoming the Fired Fox defence with 2...Kf7.
Named for T. W. Barnes, who used it to defeat Morphy in 1858.
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1266586
There's a guy at my chess club that plays this opening all the time, he's rated over 1900, and he wins with it against strong oppentents. He the reason he says he likes to play it is because if he loses he can just say well I played an unsound opening, and if he wins he beat you and played an unsound opening.
Yes, I admit it. If black made a strong goal of putting its king in f7...
But the advantage persists.
White is now one pawn up, in control of the center, developing pieces... not good for black player.