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Welcome to the Wandering King Opening Tournament, organized by Chess Association!
http://www.chess.com/tournament/wandering-king-opening-tournament
64 players will compete in this exciting round-robin, knock-out, thematic tournament, featuring an opening that most chess experts and masters consider to be unsound and inferior.
Do you have what it takes to be the last wandering king standing? 
The Wandering King Opening - 1 f3?! e5 2 Kf2? d5 3 Kg3?
This has actually been played a few times against respectable players on various internet chess servers. It isn't any good though!
1 f3?! e5 2. Kf2? d5 3 Kg3? Nf6 4 Kf2 (4 d4?? Nh5+ 5 Kf2 Qh4+ 6 g3 Nxg3 7 hg Qxh1-+; 4 e4?? Nh5+ 5 Kf2 Qh4+ 6 g3 Nxg3 7 hg Qxh1-+; 4 e3?? [can't you guess?!] 4... Nh5+ 5 Kf2 Qh4+ 6 g3 Nxg3 7 hg Qxh1-+; 4 Nh3? Nh5+ 5 Kf2 Bxh3 6 gxh3 Qh4+ 7 Kg1 Bc5+ 8. e3 Nc6 9. Nc3 0-0-+) 4 ... Bc5+ 5 e3 d4! 6 Qe2 (6 Bc4?? de+ 7 de?? Qxd1--++) 6... Nc6 when black must be clearly better. Black's lead in development, space advantage, and white's misplaced king should leave black almost winning.
http://www.angelfire.com/nf/chess/Rubbish.html
Barnes Opening or Gedult's Opening is a chess opening in which White opens with
1 f3
which is considered an irregular opening, so it is classified under the A00 code in the Encyclopedia 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.
Of the twenty possible legal first moves, 1 f3 is considered to be the worst one. The move does attack a central square, e4, but if this is the summit of White's ambition in the centre, which it should not be, 1 d3 (the Mieses Opening) or even 1 Nc3 (the Dunst Opening) are better ways, although both of these opening moves are considered rather passive. 1 f3 does nothing for development, indeed it actually hinders White's development because it robs the knight of the f3 square. In addition 1 f3 weakens the king's position needlessly.
Since 1 f3 is a poor move, it is not played often. Nonetheless, it is probably not the rarest opening move. 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. One example of this was Simon Williams against Martin Simons in the last round of the British championship tournament in 1999 when Williams had nothing to play for.
Refutation of 1 f3 is not an easy task. Black can easily secure an advantage by advancing his central pawns, grabbing control of the centre, and rapidly developing his pieces. However, converting this to a win is tougher, and in most games featuring 1 f3, White "wakes up" and starts playing sensibly after a few moves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnes_Opening
Have fun and thanks for your participation!
Sincerely,
Illuminatus
Group Leader
Chess Association
