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I stumbled upon this opening called the Boungcloud Attack. It is basically 1. e4, e5 2. Ke2

That's right, the king moves on move #2. I have no idea why anyone would play such a move so early in the game, and this also prevents the King from castling. Not to mention it intentionally blocks the nearby Queen and bishop from moving. It's probably laughable.

You'll have to search on wikipedia to see what I mean.

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Looking at the chess.com forums eh?

Hehe, I'll have you know I was the one that named that opening. I tell no lies.

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The chess.com forums sound like a veritable hotbed of theoretical chess discussion.

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Originally posted by !~TONY~!
The chess.com forums sound like a veritable hotbed of theoretical chess discussion.
Hahaha, rec.

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Originally posted by !~TONY~!
The chess.com forums sound like a veritable hotbed of theoretical chess discussion.
There is a fair amount of chess theory discussed there. More than in here of late! There is also lighthearted stuff as there often is here. In fact, apart from the constant obsession with cheating, how to detect cheating, is anything being done about cheating, who should do something about cheating, oh won't somebody do something about the cheaters etc the chess.com forums look very similar to RHP forums.

That weird opening should really be the Bongcloud Attack (no u), named after a player who calls himself Lenny Bongcloud He seems determined to reach the lowest possible rating in the shortest possible time without doing anything too dubious.

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Well, bongs don't make clouds...so there!

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Originally posted by tomtom232
Well, bongs don't make clouds...so there!
Tell that to Lenny!

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...i remember one year at the british championships...simon williams...playing 1 f3 e5 2 Kf2...i think this is called the Home run...i remember he won with it!

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Originally posted by PAWN RIOT
...i remember one year at the british championships...simon williams...playing 1 f3 e5 2 Kf2...i think this is called the Home run...i remember he won with it!
It's called the hammerschlag 😉

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Not exactly the same, but still terrifying. Game 3350303

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Originally posted by Green Paladin
Not exactly the same, but still terrifying. Game 3350303
Isn't 8...Bxd2+! 9.Bxd2...Rxh4 10.Bc3+...Nf6 winning?

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Originally posted by Squelchbelch
Isn't 8...Bxd2+! 9.Bxd2...Rxh4 10.Bc3+...Nf6 winning?
Edit - rethinks and yes it does look possible

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Originally posted by adramforall
Not at all. Are you falling for the simple take the queen trap?
It at least looks playable...

With, presumably 11.Nf3...Rg4 to follow.

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Yes, I also wondered about that.

Edit: Maybe that's why we're over here and DawgHaus is over there.

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Originally posted by chessmanme
I stumbled upon this opening called the Boungcloud Attack. It is basically 1. e4, e5 2. Ke2

That's right, the king moves on move #2. I have no idea why anyone would play such a move so early in the game, and this also prevents the King from castling. Not to mention it intentionally blocks the nearby Queen and bishop from moving. It's probably laughable.

You'll have to search on wikipedia to see what I mean.
Well, at least, white is read for the endgame, with a well centralyzed king. All the player must do now is trade all the pieces. 😛