Barnes Opening: Hammerschlag "Fried Fox" Thematic Tournament

Welcome to the Barnes Opening: Hammerschlag "Fried Fox" Thematic Tournament!

Chessaholics Anonymous group members are receiving expert instruction in this offbeat opening from one of our group's Admins and top players, Girolamo, from Italy. He provides our group's members with weekly chess therapy lessons.

The tournament was inspired by Ziryab, from America. He is also one of our group's Admins and strongest players. In addition, he promotes chess and directs scholastic tournaments in the State of Washington.

This valuable instruction is a benefit of membership in our group, and in order to participate in this tournament you must be a member of Chessaholics Anonymous.

Step 1: To become a member of Chessaholics Anonymous, please click the following link:

http://www.chess.com/groups/home/chessaholics-anonymous

Step 2: To join this exciting thematic tournament, please click the following link:

http://www.chess.com/tournament/barnes-opening-hammerschlag-quotfried-foxquot-thematic-tournament

"Barnes Opening or Gedult's Opening is a chess opening in which White opens with 1 f3. It is considered an irregular opening, so it is classified under the A00 code in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. The opening is named after Thomas Wilson Barnes (1825–1874), an English player who had an impressive eight wins over Paul Morphy, including one game in which Barnes answered 1 e4 with 1...f6, known as Barnes Defense. Some players play this move, somewhat arrogantly, as a way of saying something like "I can play anything against you". After 1 f3 e5 some players even continue with the nonsensical 2.Kf2, which is sometimes called the Wandering King Opening, The Hammerschlag, or the Pork Chop Opening." - Wikipedia

Thanks for your participation, have fun, and good luck!

Kind regards,

Charles Frey

"Enigmata"

Group Leader

Chessaholics Anonymous