I have been unironically using the sodium attack. I think it helps me settle into a match much easier than other openings.
Why the Sodium Attack is the best Opening.
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Aug 23, 2024
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The sodium attack is the stupidest first move i have ever seen!
Aug 24, 2024
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Not saying it is best but if you play Na3 against Eugene ( august not ) it will blunder it’s queen try it
What about this, in which white has a clear advantage in the center now, no matter what black responds. This shocks black on how rare it is even if the bishop can create a passed pawn.
The Sodium Attack is also called Durkin’s Opening. Robert Durkin was from Milwaukee and was taught chess by Arpad Elo in 1935, in a playground instruction program. Durkin became a strong player who gave simuls (including blindfold simuls) as a high school student in the late-1930s. He later moved to the East Coast to attend college and he settled (I think) in New Jersey.
Durkin believed that a player should write down the moves in as efficient a way as possible. At move 1, there is no need to write 1. Na3 when there is only one square on the a-file to which a knight can move. So he would write 1. Na.
Hence, the Sodium Opening.
im down for no sodium attack