Obscure openings

merman

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04 Jul 07

merman

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04 Jul 07

Is there a name for every 1 move opening? Or are just a lot of openings obscure with no real reason behind it?

Jusuh

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04 Jul 07

I declare opening 1.e4 d6 2.Be2 b6 3.b3 a6 to be called "Jusah defense".

Fat Lady

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04 Jul 07

1.a3 Anderssen's Opening
1.a4 Ware Opening
1.b3 Larsen's Opening
1.b4 Sokolsky / Orangutan
1.c3 Saragossa Opening
1.c4 English
1.d3 Mieses Opening
1.d4 Queen's pawn game
1.e3 Van 't Kruijs Opening
1.e4 King's pawn game
1.f3 Barnes Opening
1.f4 The Bird
1.g3 Benko's Opening
1.g4 The Grob
1.h3 Clemenz Opening
1.h4 Desprez Opening
1.Na3 Durkin Opening
1.Nc3 Dunst Opening
1.Nf3 The Reti
1.Nh3 Amar Opening

MeadowMaker

Earth

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04 Jul 07

Originally posted by Fat Lady
1.a3 Anderssen's Opening
1.a4 Ware Opening
1.b3 Larsen's Opening
1.b4 Sokolsky / Orangutan
1.c3 Saragossa Opening
1.c4 English
1.d3 Mieses Opening
1.d4 Queen's pawn game
1.e3 Van 't Kruijs Opening
1.e4 King's pawn game
1.f3 Barnes Opening
1.f4 The Bird
1.g3 Benko's Opening
1.g4 The Grob
1.h3 Clemenz Opening
1.h4 Desprez Opening
1.Na3 Durkin Opening
1.Nc3 Dunst Opening
1.Nf3 The Reti
1.Nh3 Amar Opening

Thats impressive.

Fat Lady

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04 Jul 07

And for extra bonus points - which of those twenty openings was most successful against Paul Morphy?

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Traxler is Sound!

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04 Jul 07

Originally posted by Fat Lady
And for extra bonus points - which of those twenty openings was most successful against Paul Morphy?

Taking a guess that it was Anderssen's

Fat Lady

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04 Jul 07

Originally posted by ih8sens
Taking a guess that it was Anderssen's

That is correct. Anderssen tried 1.a3 three times against Morphy and managed one win, one draw and one loss.

Dragon Fire

Lord of all beasts

searching for truth

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04 Jul 07

Originally posted by Fat Lady
And for extra bonus points - which of those twenty openings was most successful against Paul Morphy?

and for extra bonus points can you give the names of every possible reply by black to every one of those openings.

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Traxler is Sound!

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04 Jul 07

Originally posted by Dragon Fire
and for extra bonus points can you give the names of every possible reply by black to every one of those openings.

If these bonuses meant anything I'd be loaded...

Thanks to these forums the answer/question or whatever you want to call it!

"What is the Grob?"

Kepler

Demon Duck

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04 Jul 07

Originally posted by ih8sens
If these bonuses meant anything I'd be loaded...

Thanks to these forums the answer/question or whatever you want to call it!

"What is the Grob?"

1. g4 worthy of !! or ?? according to choice.

The opposite is 1. .... g5 played against anything white plays (probably even if white chooses to play the violin) and called the Borg.

HolyT

San Diego

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04 Jul 07

2 edits

This might help:

http://www.csm.astate.edu/~wpaulsen/chess/chess.htm
("Network of Chess Openings" )

Mahout

London

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04 Jul 07

Originally posted by Kepler
1. g4 worthy of !! or ?? according to choice.

The opposite is 1. .... g5 played against anything white plays (probably even if white chooses to play the violin) and called the Borg.

And someone kindly informed me that Borg is simply Grob spelt backwards and nothing to do with the "resistance is futile" semi android beings that used to put the willies up starfleet captians.

gaychessplayer

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06 Jul 07

Originally posted by Kepler
1. g4 worthy of !! or ?? according to choice.

The opposite is 1. .... g5 played against anything white plays (probably even if white chooses to play the violin) and called the Borg.

The only time that I ever took clear first in a blitz tournament at the Chess Palace in Los Alamitos, California (now located in Garden Grove), I played 1 g4 in every game as White and 1...g5 in every game as Black.