What are some openings for some silly games - Chess Forums

SpecOpsFuchs

Jun 9, 2023

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#1

Practically just joke openings, such as the Bongcloud, Wayward, etc, I'd like to learn more because I just wanna have some fun in chess and don't know most of the silly openings

sidespaghetti

Jun 9, 2023

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#2

There are quite a lot of openings that are mostly played as jokes, mostly revolving around deliberately weakening the kingside

Some that come to mind are the Grob Gambit, Hammerschlag, and King’s Head Opening

A few others that are particularly bad but don't weaken the alongside would be something like the Ware Gambit

There aren't that many joke openings for black, but if you ever come across the Polish Opening (1.b4), the Grigorian variation (1...Nc6) has got to be the stupidest opening that attempts to be serious. A few others for black are the Barnes Defense and Borg Defense.

sidespaghetti

Jun 9, 2023

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#3

Not against b4.

sidespaghetti

Jun 9, 2023

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#4

1. b4 Nc6 2. b5 Ne5 3. e4 Ng6 4. d4 e5 5. dxe5 Nxe5 6. Qd4 d6 7. f4 Ng6 8. Nc3

The line Stockfish gives for the Grigorian Polish. It's got to be the stupidest thing I've ever seen in an opening. Black just casually walks the knight around the board while white just constantly bombards it with pawns

sidespaghetti

Jun 9, 2023

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#5

I was specifically talking about against b4 though. The Nimzowitsch Defense is completely irrelevant to the discussion