grobs, birds, english
What's the weirdest opening you have seen/heard of?
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Aug 5, 2021
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#3
ricechessmaster1 wrote:
grobs, birds, english
tbh english isnt that weird
BradleyTRex wrote:
ricechessmaster1 wrote:
grobs, birds, english
tbh english isnt that weird
english is weird
ricechessmaster1 wrote:
BradleyTRex wrote:
ricechessmaster1 wrote:
grobs, birds, english
tbh english isnt that weird
english is weird
English looks kind of weird but really only uses the classical principles
Stafford gambit is pretty much 90% tricks, breaks opening principles and is objective trash but it is the weirdest iv'e seen
Aug 5, 2021
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#6
I know a guy that loves to play the halloween gambit. He is a USCF Expert player, and it has been highly effective for him against people of similar ability, and definitely against lower level players. But when he tries it against better players he gets destroyed. But its something he enjoys playing.
bongcloud lol but its fun to play
Aug 5, 2021
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#8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongcloud_Attack
> The movement of the king violates accepted principles of chess strategy, by forgoing castling, impeding the movement of both the queen and the light-squared bishop, leaving the king exposed, wasting a tempo, and doing nothing to improve White's position. The lack of any redeeming feature, unlike some other dubious openings, puts the Bongcloud well outside of conventional practice. In a Twitter post, English Grandmaster Nigel Short described the opening as an "insult to chess".
pauldrapier wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongcloud_Attack
> The movement of the king violates accepted principles of chess strategy, by forgoing castling, impeding the movement of both the queen and the light-squared bishop, leaving the king exposed, wasting a tempo, and doing nothing to improve White's position. The lack of any redeeming feature, unlike some other dubious openings, puts the Bongcloud well outside of conventional practice. In a Twitter post, English Grandmaster Nigel Short described the opening as an "insult to chess".
It's meant to show contempt to your opponent by giving them a chance. "I'm so much better than you I can play the Bongcloud and still defeat you"
Fried Fox Defence.
Btw it isn't that bad. I played it several times in blitz and bullet and if you know how to play it, you'll get some results.
Aug 5, 2021
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#12
gregory9310 wrote:
pauldrapier wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongcloud_Attack
> The movement of the king violates accepted principles of chess strategy, by forgoing castling, impeding the movement of both the queen and the light-squared bishop, leaving the king exposed, wasting a tempo, and doing nothing to improve White's position. The lack of any redeeming feature, unlike some other dubious openings, puts the Bongcloud well outside of conventional practice. In a Twitter post, English Grandmaster Nigel Short described the opening as an "insult to chess".
It's meant to show contempt to your opponent by giving them a chance. "I'm so much better than you I can play the Bongcloud and still defeat you"
The level of stupidity in that mentality is laughable.
Aug 5, 2021
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#13
For one that's not a complete joke, the Polish opening.
https://www.chess.com/openings/Polish-Opening
Carlsen has played it a couple times against super GMs in Rapid tournament.
The most common line is the Kucharkowski-Meybohm Gambit: 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4
pauldrapier wrote:
For one that's not a complete joke, the Polish opening.
https://www.chess.com/openings/Polish-Opening
Carlsen has played it a couple times against super GMs in Rapid tournament.
The most common line is the Kucharkowski-Meybohm Gambit: 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4
I actually kind of like the Polish
In Dogan Heval Reyhan vs. Cengiz Sengul, this opening was played:
pauldrapier wrote:
For one that's not a complete joke, the Polish opening.
https://www.chess.com/openings/Polish-Opening
Carlsen has played it a couple times against super GMs in Rapid tournament.
The most common line is the Kucharkowski-Meybohm Gambit: 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4
It seems to me that people are too obsessed with this player.
Aug 5, 2021
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#20
The openings mentioned here are the ones that I find to be the most weird, from what I have seen from the games I have played.
- King's Pawn Opening: Owen Defense
- Van't Kruij's Opening
- Modern Defense
- Larsen's Opening
- English Opening (this one is not weird, but I have not had a lot of games played with this opening)
Tell me and I'll choose the most weirdest one to play against someone