Why is there no German opening?
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To be clear, the Benko Gambit is an American Defense. Pal Benko was an American chess player from 1962 onwards. He played and popularized the Benko Gambit from the mid sixties onwards.
Feb 14, 2024
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magipi wrote:
It's long overdue that some moderator should do the right thing and ban A_Proud_Zionist. Should have been banned weeks ago.
Learn to take joke lil bro
Feb 15, 2024
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putshort wrote:
To be clear, the Benko Gambit is an American Defense. Pal Benko was an American chess player from 1962 onwards. He played and popularized the Benko Gambit from the mid sixties onwards.
So, USA buys people from out of their country and they all of a sudden become theirs like hamburgers and french fries right?
USA, the founders of sushi, the kebab, and Peking Duck!! Come to America!!! Where we steal your cuisines and call it our own.
USA is the land of immigrants so, yeah.
And Tarrasch was German so his discoveries should count as German ones.
And Tarrasch was German so his discoveries should count as German ones.
Feb 15, 2024
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Dec 21, 2024
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Zercs69 wrote:
Berlin defense as a city, but apart from that no German opening
Does this count? Polish Opening: German Defense
Axorcist wrote:
Many openings are named after European countries or regions
To list a few:
Spanish, French, Sicilian, Italian, Dutch, Catalan, English, Scottish, Russian, Slav, Scandinavian.
But no German defense.
Why not?
The GErmans had some pretty strong players in the early days of chess.
You would expect that some main opening would be named after that country.
why no South Korean opening?
why no Japan opening?
why no China opening?
and so on.
"The Germans had some pretty strong players in the early days of chess"
The Germans had exactly zero players in the early days of chess as it was invented thousands of kilometers away and took centuries to reach the region that at some point even later than that became known as Germany.
So many chess terms already are German words I don't think we also need an opening named after us.
What would the Australian opening look like?
*makes the first move on a headstand*
the zimbabwe opening