This post is all about chess openings with amusing names,almost all of which are named after animals.
Here is the list of chess openings with amusing names:
Bullfrog gambit=1.d4,Nf6 2.g4
Canard opening=1.d4,Nf6 2.f4
Chameleon variation of the Sicilian defence=1.e4,c5 2.Nc3,Nc6 3.Nge2
Chameleon variation of the Slav defence=1.d4,d5 2.c4,c6 3.Nf3,Nf6 4.Nc3,a6
Clam variation=1.e4,e5 2.d3
Crab opening=1.a4,e5 2.h4
Dragon variation=1.e4,c5 2.Nf3,d6 3.d4,cxd4 4.Nxd4,Nf6 5.Nc3,g6
Double duck formation=1.f4,f5 2.d4,d5
Elephant gambit=1.e4,e5 2.Nf3,d5
English orangutan=1.c4,Nf6 2.b4
English rat=1.d4,d6 2.c4,e5
Fried fox variation=1.e4,f6 2.d4,Kf7
Fried liver attack=1.e4,e5 2.Nf3,Nc6 3.Bc4,Nf6 4.Ng5,d5 5.exd5,Nxd5 6.Nxf7,Kxf7
Giraffe attack=1.e4,e5 2.Nc3,Bc5 3.Qg4
Halibut gambit=1.c4,b5
Hedgehog=The hedgehog is a pawn formation usually adopted by black in which black exchanges their pawn on c5 for white's pawn on d4,and then places pawns on a6,b6,d6 and e6.Black develops their pieces behind the row of pawns.Typically the bishops are placed on b7 and e7,knights on d7 and f6,queen on c7 and rooks on c8 and e8 (or c8 and d8).
Hippopotamus defence=A chess opening in which black moves a number of their pawns to the third rank,then develops their other pieces behind the row of pawns.
Kangaroo defence=1.d4,e6 2.c4,Bb4+
Kingfisher gambit=1.d4,f5 2.Nc3,d5 3.e4
Lizard attack=1.Nc3,d5 2.e4,d4 3.Nce2
Lobster gambit=1.e4,e5 2.Nf3,f5 3.g4
Mad dog attack=1.d4,d5 2.e4,dxe4 3.Nc3,Nf6 4.f3,exf3 5.Nxf3,g6 6.Bg5,Bg7
Medusa gambit=1.d4,Nf6 2.c4,g5
Mongoose variation=1.e4,c5 2.Nf3,Qa5
Monkey's bum=1.e4,g6 2.Bc4,Bg7 3.Qf3,e6 4.d4,Bxd4 5.Ne2,Bg7 6.Nbc3
Orangutan opening=1.b4
Porcupine variation=1.c4,f5 2.e4,fxe4 3.Nc3,Nf6 4.g4
Pterodactyl variation,modern=1.d4,g6 2.c4,Bg7 3.Nc3,d6 4.e4,c5 5.Nf3,Qa5
Rat defence=1.d4,d6
Scorpion-Horus gambit=1.e4,c6 2.Nc3,d5 3.d3,dxe4 4.Bg5
Sicilian pterodactyl=1.e4,g6 2.Nf3,Bg7 3.d4,c5
Snail variation=1.d4,c5 2.d5,Na6
Tortoise opening=1.e4,e5 2.Bd3
Vulture defence=1.d4,c5 2.d5,Nf6 3.c4,Ne4
Whale opening=1.e4,e5 2.c4
Wild bull defence=1.e4,Nh6
Amusing chess openings
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Re: Amusing chess openings
Also the Creepy Grawly 1.a3....2.h3..., an IM Basman opening.
And the Saragossa 1.c3....
And the Saragossa 1.c3....
Re: Amusing chess openings
Nice post, (I was gonna say KingPrawn), but hey? fun is fun : )
Re: Amusing chess openings
Excellent Post Kingspawn ! ! ! !
I've learned something ! ! Thanks ! ! !
Chess is more than simply my pastime .... It has become My Passion !