1. E4 e5 Ba6

How would 1. E4 e5 2. Ba6 work as a chess opening move? How about 1. d4 d5 Bh6? I see a bunch of those games in the lichess databases.

Am I missing something or what? Ba6?ｓｒｓｌｙ

I'd say... horribly. Nothing would stop Black from taking the offending bishop, and it wouldn't take long before you start to feel the loss of a whole piece.

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I'm assuming this is a bullet opening where White is hoping Black is premoving? Even still it's a bit weird since there isn't really an obvious material gain if Black ignores it. Could just be a mouse slip?

2. Ba6 or 2. Bh6 are premoves, played before black made his first move. Makes sense when the opponent premoves b6+Bb7 or g6+Bg7. Makes also sense, when the time control is very short and black wastes some time for the next move.

Makes no sense in other time controls than bullet.

that's why i pre-move only forced moves and don't gamble.

Its quite easy. ... 2.Ba6 Nxa6 White resigns :)

Go look at this game in the lichess database: lichess.org/6GHiPUck

Bullet, duh. You do know what bullet means, right?