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The Most Weirdest Opening Name

The Duck Opening,Toilet opening , Coca-Cola Gambit . the Mower Checkmate, and the strangest of all: the Swallow's Tail Checkmate. Although these aren’t openings, their names are so unusual that I just had to mention them.

The Duck Opening,Toilet opening , Coca-Cola Gambit . the Mower Checkmate, and the strangest of all: the Swallow's Tail Checkmate. Although these aren’t openings, their names are so unusual that I just had to mention them.

Sicilan defense. Defense? Seriously? :-)

Sicilan defense. Defense? Seriously? :-)

grunfeld or something idk

grunfeld or something idk

@The_Champion1234 said in #1:

''Pterodactyl Defense: Western, Rhamphorhynchus''

The starting position of the opening

Have you ever heard opening names like this?
how do u get to this opening?

@The_Champion1234 said in #1: > ''Pterodactyl Defense: Western, Rhamphorhynchus'' > > The starting position of the opening > > > > > Have you ever heard opening names like this? how do u get to this opening?

@FourtyTwoFields said in #13:

What about the Frankenstein-Dracula variation of the Vienna opening ?

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Game,_Frankenstein%E2%80%93Dracula_Variation

Don't forget the "Monster Declined" if they play 5...Be7!

@FourtyTwoFields said in #13: > What about the Frankenstein-Dracula variation of the Vienna opening ? > > en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Game,_Frankenstein%E2%80%93Dracula_Variation Don't forget the "Monster Declined" if they play 5...Be7!

@Planet_CHESS465 said in #17:

how do u get to this opening?

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5

IIRC, this was one of Lawrence Day's pet openings way back when.

@Planet_CHESS465 said in #17: > how do u get to this opening? 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5 IIRC, this was one of Lawrence Day's pet openings way back when.

@verylate said in #19:

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5

IIRC, this was one of Lawrence Day's pet openings way back when.

Who named this opening lol

@verylate said in #19: > 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5 > > IIRC, this was one of Lawrence Day's pet openings way back when. Who named this opening lol

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