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acbell1996

"Queen's Gambit"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHLOLZRIGHT

quadrewple

1. e4 g5 Reversed GROB - It sound gross and looks gross

NimzoRoy
nathandewinter wrote:

i dont use ''openings'' i play from the gut


Welcome to the wonderful world of mediocrity, which you're going to have a hard time escaping from as long as you don't at least try to  use a few "openings" - or maybe you've actually discovered something that every NM, FM, IM, and GM has overlooked - yeah, right...

truhusdh

The Frankenstein-Dracula Variation of the Vienna Game or the Bishop's Opening, or the English Double-Whammy (1.c4 e5 2.f4)

poet_d

The Monkeys Bum is clearly the winner.

SchachMatt
MyCowsCanFly wrote:

The one that never fails to bring me a smile is the "Paleface Attack" as a respone to the King's "Indian" Defense. The implied misuse of the word "Indian" is fun.

Another response to the King's Indian Defense is the "Tarzan."


I would like to see a 'hairmouth' variation of the Paleface Attack

beardogjones

King's Indian - Soaring Cloud Variation

zpatrick

Halloween Gambit is a cool one to consider. Here is how it goes.

 



rTechnno_Waflles

wtfbbq!?

user78003413

150 attack Yugoslav attack King's Indian attack

dawson_632

medusa gambit

sweet_cookie101

wow good chess board!

Sneakiest_Of_Snakes

Great Snake Opening

1. c4 g6

aaravp2000
I like the opening where you go to KFC and buy a burger
MarkGrubb

Halloween Gambit in the Four Knights game. Apocalypse Gambit would have been great (as in four horsemen of). Someone missed a trick there. Please let the four knights game have an Apocalypse Gambit.

SeaDeFault

What about this

SeaDeFault

or this

 

Jacielr1228

You obviously haven’t heard of the Sicilian defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon Fianchetto Pterodactyl Defense

TheMoistOstrich

 It was a sunny day in New York (1924) when some of the greatest players (Capablanca, Tartakower, Alekhine, Reti, Maroczy, Marshall ect.) visited the Bronx Zoo. Upon encountering an orangutan, Tartakower summed up the courage to ask the beast what to play in his next match. The intellectual thing replied with 1. b4. The orangutan opening is also known as the polish opening because of Savielly Tartakower's homeland and the Sokolsky Opening because Alexey Sokolsky wrote a book on b4 and contributed a lot. Monke StronK

NikkiLikeChikki
The Mad Panties Attack. It’s not an actual name, but it should be.