The 30 Weirdest & Wackiest Chess Opening Names

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Can't believe no one's mentioning the Tennison Gambit: Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Variation
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bmv0746 wrote:
Can't believe no one's mentioning the Tennison Gambit: Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Variation

Ikr

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Alex_101_601 wrote:
bmv0746 wrote:
Can't believe no one's mentioning the Tennison Gambit: Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Variation

Ikr

this is literally a dead forum

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Fun fact : the Toilet Variation was invented by a Sicilian Grand Prix player in the toilets. Very bad opening. angry

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Orangutan

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xoztl a scris:

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

https://youtu.be/AqV-dq64Cg0?si=rfEHFzzp2IJmcR6g&t=1

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Tuebingen Gambit

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King's pawn: Goldsmith, Picklepuss defence and Miecies opening: Reversed Rat variation are the funniest ones I have run into play chess. I feel that all of the bad openings have weird names while the good openings have normal names.

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Skibidi Toilet Attack

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Cant believe that Fried Liver and Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Variation aren't mentioned.

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Cant believe the pepsi counter-gambit isn't mentioned

(G4-G5

F4-F5)

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What about the Fried Liver Attack, that has to a weird name right?

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what about the Sprite Countergambit?

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i literally thought it would stop at pepsi countergambit

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there prolly is smt called "Ginger Ale Attack"

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ved2714 wrote:

there prolly is smt called "Ginger Ale Attack"

But it would no doubt be called "Subtle Ginger Ale Attack"

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lol

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what's the "stale cheese opening"

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The stale cheese opening can transpose into the "rank flatulence gambit"

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no i mean like WHAT is it like what are the moves