I invented a new chess opening - can I name it after myself?

In a recent tournament I drew Nigel Short and to take him away from his preparation I invented a new opening. It took him right out of his opening book and I could tell by his reddening face that he was flummoxed and falling further behind on the clock. In the end he was forced to offer a draw (which I gladly accepted). When you do invent a new opening are you able to name it yourself? How does this work? Has anyone got any other good suggestions for a name for this opening?  I have attached the game to see if you could do better than the great man himself.

Actually playing it back in my head as I write this I remember now that he wasn't that big in fact he was very small in stature.... and he called himself Short Nigel.

Bad humor, done too much before u.

I can see why he was flummoxed.  Your pieces are all so solidly defended and all he has done is get all his out in a random fashion.  I would call the opening - The peripatetic knight.

I think if you phone Steve at the Swindon office of the BCF he can pull all the right strings for a small back-hander.

You should call it: The Whimp Opening. Accepting a draw after just 7 moves?

Lol I sometimes use my openings like that except I use my bishops for defense so they are still on the d/e squares. Though once I was losing a bunch of pieces in the beginning using that tatic against someone with a terrible opening where he moved 3 pawns for the strangest reasons, till I won in the end.

Thanks for the constructive feed-back Furryfoot.  I just thought you know the way that when you go for a run you do a warm up before and it makes you run better - if the horsie got a bit of a run out it would be warmed up and ready for anything in the middle game.  I was going to do the same with the other one but he just resigned first.  I am going to try this one out on Chess.com anyone fancy a game?

That was generous -- some might even say out of character -- for GM Nigel Short to hang a piece to you on move 7.

I question your decision not to take it.

That was hilarious, good for you !

Spiffe.

That's the kind of mistakes that you make when you are proper flummoxed.  Don't forget he was way out of his opening book.

ParadigmBLU3

A sense of irony, the absurd, a sense of humour the list is literally endless so I only wrote three.

 the drawing opening lol

I've got a secret opening I call the Smoke Screen. Been working on it and perfecting it for years. Given that most openings that are named after an individual are conferred by common agreement after years of use by the originator when no one else used it much I guess I've got a chance that others will also call it Smoke Screen. If you want to know more I will accept cash, debit, credit and first borns.

My four year son has a great chess opening.  I recently sat down with him and patiently set out to teach him the great game that is chess.  Ten minutes in and I had named all of the pieces and showed him how they move as he sat rapt.  He had chosen to be white and the board was set up and ready to go.  I was just beginning the explanation of en passant when he lifted up his end of the board and shouted "Charge!".

Must remember that for my next tournament.

Actually playing it back in my head as I write this I remember now that he wasn't that big in fact he was very small in stature.... and he called himself Short Nigel.

blacks play was incrediably bad you only devoloped one piece if you even call it developing, move a piece more than once unless you have to, and basically never even attacked but retreated after. White's play was great developing the pieces perfectly.

He was proper flummoxed.  I saw sweat on his upper lip and he was playing with something in his pocket.  He really had to throw all known theory out the window.  That was the rules you weren't allowed books in the tournament hall.  He should have opened it first though.  I knew I had him when he forgot to bang his side of the clock.  I sat there for 64 minutes pretending to study the board then when he had just a minute left that's when I told him he needed to bang his side of the clock.  That's when I first saw the fear I think I could smell it as well.  He offered me the draw and the rest will go down in history.  It's one to tell the grandkids if they ever revoke the restraining order.

*sigh*

seriously though, why didn't you take his undefended Bishop on move 7?

I'm not a GM yet.  I'm not even the best player in Wales yet.  But Dai Young knows his days are numbered.  The beast is coming.

There is NOTHING cool or funny about playing that kind of crap in the opening. I very very much doubt you could ever draw against someone 1500 or higher, MUCH LESS a top 10 grandmaster, without any piece development whatsover. Im sure I could have played successfully againt that crap, and im usually under 1500.