The Toilet Variation?
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colecollector
May 9, 2023
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#21
The opening is called that because it was invented on the toilet.
Jun 10, 2023
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#22
StevetheRabbit wrote:
Haiku575 wrote:
Is this really the name of the opening? If so, how did it get the name?
Because the originator was flushed with success when he played it.
litterally the best joke ever lol
Jul 10, 2024
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#24
Haiku575 wrote:
Is this really the name of the opening? If so, how did it get the name?
someone played this in a classical game and went to use the toilet, only to come back an hour after the game ends and wrote 'toilet variation' on his game sheet
Jul 10, 2024
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#25
I can't find the source for this. Maybe it was a 1980s "Chess" Magazine from back when B. H. Wood owned and edited it, maybe it was in "The Complete Chess Addict". But the way I recall hearing the source of the name runs... Back then, the Sicilian Althouse variation was a thing. Meanwhile, Grand Prix Attack players (in the '80s, both 2. f4 and 2. Nc3 followed by 3. f4 were both known as the Grand Prix) were none too happy facing Tal's 1. e4, c5; 2. f4, d5; 3. ed:, Nf6. So someone (likely Hebden but I can't swear to that) came up with 3. Nc3 and humorously referred to it as the Outhouse Variation. And from "Outhouse" to "Toilet" is but a small step.
