Your Favorite Openings

I wrote a song about mine, to the tune of "Alejandro." :)

I’ve got both eyes on the chessboard, 

So I won’t look at you, won’t look at you.

You hide tactics en su bosillo…

You’ve got a halo around your King, and around you.

You know that I love chess, boy--if I win, I will rejoice!

A defense I’ve got to choose. Nothing to lose…

Except the game! Except the game! Scheveningen!

Too hard to play, too hard to play Sicilian. 

I’m done with this. Don’t want to touch. 

I’ll just play 1. …e5 and hush!

Don’t call my name, don’t call my name once again. 

Scheveningen, Scheveningen! (c5, d6, Nf6, e6...)

Variant: Sicilian. Variant: Sicilian. (With a 3. cxd4!)

Scheveningen, Scheveningen! (c5, d6, Nf6, e6...)

Variant: Sicilian. Variant: Sicilian. (With a 3. cxd4!)

Stop! Please! Just let me go, Scheveningen. Just let me go…

On the chessboard, I’m just a baby,

But I’ll defend like a dad, just like a dad!

And all those games that I’ve lost against you--

They’re because you played 6. g4, and I was had.

You know that I love this, boy--if I win, I will rejoice!

A defense I’ve got to choose. Nothing to lose…

Except the game! Except the game! Scheveningen!

Too hard to play, too hard to play Sicilian. 

I’m done with this. Don’t want to touch. 

I’ll just play 1. …e5 and hush!

Don’t call my name, don’t call my name once again. 

Scheveningen, Scheveningen! (c5, d6, Nf6, e6...)

Variant: Sicilian. Variant: Sicilian. (With a 3. cxd4!)

Scheveningen, Scheveningen! (c5, d6, Nf6, e6...)

Variant: Sicilian. Variant: Sicilian. (With a 3. cxd4!)

Don’t seduce me, don’t seduce me, Sche-ve-nin-gen. 

Don’t call my name, don’t call my name, le Sicilien!

Too hard to play, too hard to play, Sche-ve-nin-gen. 

I’m done with this. Don’t want to touch--Sicilian. 

I’ve lost the game! I’ve lost the game, Scheveningen!

Too hard to play, too hard to play Sicilian. 

I’m done with this. Don’t want to touch. 

I’ll just play 1. …e5 and hush!

Don’t call my name, don’t call my name once again. 

Scheveningen, Scheveningen! (c5, d6, Nf6, e6...)

Variant: Sicilian. Variant: Sicilian. (With a 3. cxd4!)

Scheveningen, Scheveningen! (c5, d6, Nf6, e6...) 

Variant: Sicilian. Variant: Sicilian. (With a 3. cxd4!)

Scheveningen…

Aww...

I don't know the song.

Keres will kill you

Wut...?

The Keres Attack (6. g4) is a potent counter to the Scheveningen Variation of the Sicilian Defense.