Inspired by GPs Scotch Game post-
How many openings/defences/variations are named after countries?
Here are a few;
Austrian Attack
Danish Gambit
Dutch Defence
English
French Defence
Icelandic Gambit
Italian Game (Giuoco Piano)
Latvian Gambit
Spanish Game (Ruy Lopez)
Others?
does anyone patriotically follow a particular opening?
Originally posted by Mephisto2I've never heard the Pirc called the Yugoslav Defence! 😲
Russian defense (Petrov)
Yougoslav Defense (Pirc)
edit: oops, too late
While checking on Wiki I discovered that Pirc is NOT pronounced "perk" ...
oh dear - been playing it for 25 years and always called it "perk" :'(
There is also a versuion of the Pirc called the Czech Defense
Originally posted by wolfgang59Didn't know that either.I also thought the Ufimtsev was a variation in the Pirc,but it's yet another name for it.
I've never heard the Pirc called the Yugoslav Defence! 😲
While checking on Wiki I discovered that Pirc is NOT pronounced "perk" ...
oh dear - been playing it for 25 years and always called it "perk" :'(
There is also a versuion of the Pirc called the Czech Defense
There's also an Argentinian attack in it.More news to me
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Originally posted by wolfgang59Yes, not 'perk' at all. I was taught early on to pronounce it 'pe-urts' although the Wiki says 'pearts'.
While checking on Wiki I discovered that Pirc is NOT pronounced "perk" ...
oh dear - been playing it for 25 years and always called it "perk"
Incidentally, 'Giuoco' is 'joo-okko' and the alternative 'Gioco' is 'ji-okko' or 'j'okko'; and 'Ruy Lopez' is 'roo'y' (like 'Roy' but with an 'oo'😉 & 'LO-pez', not 'low-pay'
Apparently, Owen's Defence is also known as the 'Greek Defence'.
Also, 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Ba6 is called the Guatemala Defence.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 (Mexican Defence)
Other obscure ones from http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/eco.htm (I avoided countries already mentioned) >>
1.d3 (Mieses; Valencia; Venezuelan Opening)
1.Nc3 e5 2.f4 (Irish Attack; Polish Attack)
1.c4 Nc6 (Anglo-Lithuanian Variation, English)
1.d4 Nf6 2.b3 (Basque Opening)
1.d4 Nf6 2.g4 Nxg4 3.f3 Nf6 4.e4 (Maltese Falcon 🙂 )
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Bg4 (Argentine Attack)
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 (Norwegian Defence)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 (Armenian Line, French)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a5 (Bulgarian Variation, Ruy Lopez)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 (Keres; Estonian; Howell; Moscow Var)
Originally posted by USArmyParatrooperThere is the Cambridge Springs Defense (a variation of the QGD Slav), named after the location in Pennsylvania. Harry Nelson Pillsbury was the originator, I think, when he played it in 1904, if I remember correctly.
America gets no love 🙁
The New York System as a defense against the Reti was introduced in 1924, if I remember- it's basically like a London System, played by black.
And since there are citizens in the US who can claim lineage from every one of those locations, we can safely claim a family relation to just about any of them!