The 30 Weirdest & Wackiest Chess Opening Names

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8oHzR8CZEE

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  1. AMAR/ Drunken Knights Opening
  2. Amazon Attack
  3. Andal Defense
  4. Banzai-Leong Gambit
  5. Black Knights Tango
  6. Clarendon Court Defense
  7. Coca-cola Gambit
  8. Creepy Crawly Formation
  9. Damiano Defense
  10. Double-Duck Formation
  11. Forgotten Variation
  12. Pork Chop Opening/ Fried Fox
  13. Giraffe Attack
  14. Hippopotamus Defense
  15. Kahiko-hula Gambit
  16. Kingfisher Gambit
  17. Lobster Gambit
  18. Medusa Gambit
  19. Mosquito Gambit
  20. Neo- mongoloid Defense
  21. Nescafe Frappe Attack
  22. Paleface Attack
  23. Patzer Attack/ Wayward Queen Attack
  24. Sodium Attack
  25. Sturm Gambit
  26. The Potato
  27. Toilet Variation
  28. Tortoise Opening
  29. Tuebingen Gambit
  30. Vulture Benoni Defense
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I cant believe there is something called the Coca Cola gambit

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Dzindo07 wrote:

I cant believe there is something called the Coca Cola gambit

yes it can be achieved by starting out Grob's Attack or Bird's Opening.

 

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What about Poisoned Pawn variation? Doesn't it mean that you have a pawn that is very ill?

 

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Nescafe Frappe attack? Sip of coffee and then you suddenly attack?

 

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there is also the English Opening: King's English, Double Whammy Variation

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Snookslayer Gambit Attack Defense Variation

undefeated in these parts

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wow

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What about the Toilet variation?

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Fried Liver Attack

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Frankenstein-Dracula Variation

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 Orangutan Opening

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Grab’s opening
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Fried liver

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Monkey’s Bum?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Defense,_Monkey%27s_Bum

 

 

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I've learned about an opening with an obscure name like kahiko-hula gambit.

It's called the French Defense: Horwitz Variation, Pap-Ticulat Gambit.

And it's not even that bad of an opening actually!

 

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What about the Stale Cheese Opening?

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bongcloud?