Rename an Opening!

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What opening would you rename, and what would you rename it?

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I would rename The Desprez (1.h4) to The Depress.

It's a hard opening to master.

What about you?

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I would rename the Spanish opening or the Ruy Lopez to The Turkish Delight opening. Simply because the spanish is really boring. I'd like it to have more flavor, and Turkish Delight is my favourite food.

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Also, it's a very outdated name, the Ruy Lopez. My only Qualm is that people will start calling it the Turkish Opening and take it away from its roots in flavorsome candy. I think there should be a White power opening as White and a Black panther defense as Black (I'm not racist!!!!) I just think that would be kind of funny.

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the kings pawn to the wtf do 95% of people go for either the fried liver or the

fools mate really really opening

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I would rename Anderssen's Opening (1. a3) to the "I actually wanted to play Black" opening.

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lmao @ last two comments :) 

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But it's actually a good opening...a3 FTW

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We should call them "opinings".

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AKAL1 wrote:

But it's actually a good opening...a3 FTW

I'm thinking of switching to it. Not kidding.

All of my most memorable OTB wins were with the Black pieces... about four of them. Even nowadays, when I only play on this site, I seem to do better with Black.

Sounds like 1. a3 is the ideal opening for me.

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Transpositions to the O'Kelly trap in the Sicilian are fun too...

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Can't think of a name bad enough for the Four Pawns in the KID, I'll think about it...

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I would also rename the Queens Gambit to something else. Hell, I can't think of another opening that is more boring than it IMO.

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Under-The-Tide wrote:

I would also rename the Queens Gambit to something else. Hell, I can't think of another opening that is more boring than it IMO.

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MeTristan wrote:
Under-The-Tide wrote:

I would also rename the Queens Gambit to something else. Hell, I can't think of another opening that is more boring than it IMO.

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Haha, nice one!

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CorfitzUlfeldt wrote:

The French defense to the "Freedom defense"

Lol Freedom fries FTW!

I'd like the "English" opening to be the "horse has bolted" opening

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I wouldn't say the light squared bishop is very free in the french...

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I would rename the Petrov/Petrof/Petroff Defense the Jack@$$ Opening!

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MuhammadAreez10 wrote:

I would rename the Petrov/Petrof/Petroff Defense to the Jack@$$ Opening!

It's annoying indeed.

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I'd rename the Parham's the Parkinson's, because it's so shaky ... *duckandrun*