Evans' Gambit
Favourite name for a chess opening?
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The Tom Jones charm variations?
Vivinski wrote:
Evans' Gambit
Well that was clearly too easy....
The Black Lion Defence and the Accelerated pterodactyl and the sniper which is really cool for bullet chess:P
madhacker wrote:
Excellent post @billwall, some great ones in there. I can't imagine what the "Mafia Defence" is.
Making an offer (of a piece) that your opponent can't refuse?
fburton wrote:
madhacker wrote:
Excellent post @billwall, some great ones in there. I can't imagine what the "Mafia Defence" is.
Making an offer (of a piece) that your opponent can't refuse?
It's a KGD variation.1.e4 e5 2.f4 c5
The Nescafé frappé variation of the Zaitsev. (In the Benko gambit declined, not the Spanish Zaitsev.)
The Paleface Attack by White is a response to the King's Indian Defense. It seems to reflect a misunderstanding of the origin of term "Indian." Maybe it just reflects the sense of humor of whoever was responsible for naming it.
Then again, "indian" was an inaccurate descriptor for native Americans anyway.
Edit: The main idea is that "Indian" in the KIng's Indian Defense refers to India, not Native Americans.
Native central north americans do you mean. I don't think the Aztecs or Eskimo have ever been called Indians.
johnyoudell wrote:
Native central north americans do you mean. I don't think the Aztecs or Eskimo have ever been called Indians.
Obviously
Oct 15, 2012
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#32
Once in a club game a player essayed a very unusual opening. His opponent declared "If this opening works, I'll be a Monkey's Bum!"
Well, it worked, and thus was born the Monkey's Bum Opening.
Oct 15, 2012
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#33
fburton wrote:
madhacker wrote:
Excellent post @billwall, some great ones in there. I can't imagine what the "Mafia Defence" is.
Making an offer (of a piece) that your opponent can't refuse?
Mafia Defence? Woulda figured that for a variation of the Sicilian.....
Oct 15, 2012
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#34
MyCowsCanFly wrote:
The Paleface Attack by White is a response to the King's Indian Defense. It seems to reflect a misunderstanding of the origin of term "Indian." Maybe it just reflects the sense of humor of whoever was responsible for naming it.
Then again, "indian" was an inaccurate descriptor for native Americans anyway.
When chess was origionally invented in India about 1500 years ago, pawns could only move 1 square forward, not 2 like today. When the hypermoderns introduced their new openings in the 1920's, those systems rarely involved pushing a pawn 2 squares. Hypermoderns, the joke went, had never gotten the memo that a pawn could move twice.
Dutchday wrote:
The Nescafé frappé variation of the Zaitsev. (In the Benko gambit declined, not the Spanish Zaitsev.)
I actually play that in proper chess 
Vulture, Woozle, and Bongcloud (though perhaps not in that order).
The Bird sounds like it's named after an animal, but isn't.
Nope it is after an Admiral isn't it? Though not for the universal salute of defiance either.
Oct 15, 2012
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#39
Would almost swear he has used the Rat or the Urangatang at least once in his career.
Quiz question: what is the only opening named after a Welshman? (proper opening, not counting my silly ones obviously)