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UNORTHODOX CHESS OPENINGS

UNORTHODOX CHESS OPENINGS Eric Schiller

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CARDOZA PUBLISHING • ERIC SCHILLER

To the participants in the Internet newsgroup rec.games.chess.analysis, who have provided me with many interesting ideas and useful feedback in the preparation of this book.

Copyright © 1998 by Eric Schiller - All Rights Reserved -

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Library of Congress Catalogue Card No: 96-71755 ISBN: 0-940685-73-6

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TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION

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II. OVERVIEW

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The Goals of this Book The Organization of the Book How Openings Get Named Transpositions Formations The Life Cycle of an Unorthodox Opening The Opening Underground on the Internet

III. EVALUATING UNORTHODOX OPENINGS “Show-Me” Method Analogy Method Pedantic Method Statistical Method Cult Hero Method Authoritative Method Psychological Method Positional Method Scales of Unorthodoxy

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IV. CONTROVERSIAL LITERATURE

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V. WEIRD OPENING SPECIALISTS

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Michael Basman Joel Benjaming Stefan Bücker Lawrence Day Tim Harding Johnny Hector Kari Heinola Tony Miles Hugh Myers Clyde Nakamura Rainer Schlenker Duncan Suttles Antoaneta Stefanova Savielly Tartakower Gerard Welling

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VI. THE OPENINGS Alekhine Defense Brooklyn Variation Krejcik Variation Mokele Mbembe Welling Variation Zaire Defense Amar Opening Paris Gambit Anderssen Opening Baltic Defense Argentinian Gambit Barnes Opening Walkerling Benoni Defense Cormorant Gambit Hawk Variation Nakamura Gambit Snail Variation Vulture Defense Woozle Bird Opening Batavo-Polish Attack From Gambit Hobbs Gambit Horsef ly Defense Lasker Attack Sturm Gambit Bishop’s Opening Kitchener Folly Lewis Gambit King’s Gambit Reversed MacDonnell Gambit Borg Defense Troon Gambit Budapest Defense Assorted Variations Canard Formation Double Duck Variation Caro–Kann Defense Advance Variation: Bayonet De Bruycker Defense Edinburgh Variation Goldman Variation Gurgenidze Counterattack

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UNORTHODOX CHESS OPENINGS Hillbilly Attack Maroczy Variation Mieses Gambit Ulysses Gambit Von Hennig Gambit Carr Defense Catalan Opening Hungarian Gambit Clemenz Opening Creepy Crawly Formation Döry Indian Double Fianchetto Formation Dutch Defense Hopton Attack Kingfisher Gambit Korchnoi Attack Krejcik Gambit Manhattan Gambit Senechaud Gambit Spielmann Gambit Staunton Gambit: American Variation Elephant Gambit Maroczy Gambit Paulsen Countergambit Wasp Variation English Defense Hartlaub Gambit English Defense: Main Line English Opening Anglo – Scandinavian Defense Anti-English Bellon Gambit Drill Variation Halibut Gambit Löhn Gambit Myers Defense Nei Gambit Porcupine Variation Schulz Gambit The Whale Wade Gambit Wing Gambit Englund Gambit Felbecker Gambit Main Line

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CARDOZA PUBLISHING • ERIC SCHILLER Mosquito Gambit Soller Gambit Soller Gambit Deferred Fajarowicz Defense Four Knights Halloween Gambit Fred Defense-and Mao Tse Tung French Defense Advance Variation: Nimzowitsch Attack Alapin Gambit Bird Invitation Diemer-Duhm Gambit Exchange Variation: Canal Attack Extended Bishop Swap La Bourdonnais Variation Orthoschnapp Gambit Shaposhnikov Gambit Steinitz Attack Wing Gambit Grob Opening Alessi Gambit Double Grob Grob Gambit Keene Defense London Defense Spike: Hurst Attack Grünfeld Defense Gibbon Gambit Guatemala Defense Hippopotamus Formation Horwitz Defense Hungarian Opening Reversed Alekhine Indian Game Alekhine Anti-Gruenfeld Devin Gambit Gedult Attack Gibbins-Wiedehagen Gambit Maddigan Gambit Medusa Gambit Omega Gambit Schnepper Gambit Italian Game (Giuco Piano) Fried Liver Attack Jerome Gambit

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UNORTHODOX CHESS OPENINGS Shilling Gambit Traxler Counterattack Kadas Opening Kangaroo Defense Keres Defense Transpositional Variation King Pawn Game Alapin Opening Beyer Gambit Clam Variation Clam: King’s Gambit Reversed Damiano Defense Danish Gambit Dresden Opening Macleod Attack Napoleon Attack Norwalder Gambit Philidor Gambit Tayler Opening Tortoise Opening Wayward Queen Attack King’s Gambit Allgaier Gambit Basman Gambit Breyer Gambit Bryan Countergambit Carrera Gambit Double Muzio Gambit Eisenberg Variation Gaga Gambit Keene Defense Leonardo Gambit Mafia Defense Marshall Countergmbit Dodo Gambit Norwald Variation Orsini Gambit Paris Gambit Senechaud Countergambit Tumbleweed/Drunken King Latvian Gambit Lemming Defense Lizard Defense-Pirc Diemer Gambit Norwegian Defense

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CARDOZA PUBLISHING • ERIC SCHILLER Maroczy Defense McConnell Defense Mexican Defense Modern Defense Beefeater Variation Pterodactyl Pterodactyl Variation II Randspringer Variation Nimzo–Larsen Attack Assorted Variations Norfolk Gambits Paschmann Gambit Ringelbach Gambit Spike Variation Nimzowitsch Defense Lean Variation Kennedy Variation Neo-Mongoloid Defense Wheeler Gambit Williams Variation Owen Defense Matinovsky Gambit Naselwaus Gambit Polish Defense Spassky Gambit Polish Opening /Orangutang Birmingham Gambit Bugayev Attack Karniewski Variation Schühler Gambit Tartakower Gambit Wolferts Gambit Portuguese Opening Queen Pawn Game Anti-Torre Bishop Attack Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Hübsch Gambit Morris Countergambit Zurich Gambit Queen’s Gambit Declined Von Hennig Gambit Queen’s Gambit Refused Albin Countergambit Alekhine Defense

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UNORTHODOX CHESS OPENINGS Austrian Defense Chigorin: Lazard Gambit Chigorin: Tartakower Gambit Rat Defense Balogh Defense Reti Opening Penguin Variation Russian Game Cochrane Gambit Damiano Variation Scandinavian Defense Bronstein Variation Icelandic-Palme Gambit Main Lines Schiller Variation Scotch Game Göring Gambit: Double Pawn Sacrifice Steinitz Variation Semi-Slav Defense Gunderam Gambit Sicilian Defense Accelerated Paulsen Variation Acton Extension Brussels Gambit Frederico Variation Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl Katalymov Sicilian Mengarini Gambit Mongoose Variation Morphy Gambit Snyder Variation Snyder Variation: ...b6 Wing Gambit 2...h6 Variation Sodium Attack Various lines Spanish Game (Ruy Lopez) Alapin Variation Brentano Variation Vinogradov Variation Spike Deferred St. George Defense San Jorge Variation St. Georgs Gambit Trompowsky Attack

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CARDOZA PUBLISHING • ERIC SCHILLER Borg Variation Raptor Variation Van Geet Opening Anti-Pirc Variation Napoleon Attack Novosibirsk Variation Reversed Nimzowitsch Reversed Scandinavian Sicilian Two Knights Tübingen Gambit Twyble Attack Venezolana Formation Veresov Atack Shropshire Defense Anti-Veresov Vienna Game Frankenstein – Dracula Variation Giraffe Attack Hamppe – Meitner Mengarini Variation Steinitz Gambit Zhuravlev Countergambit Wade Defense Ware Defense Ware Opening Cologne Gambit Wing Gambit Ware Gambit Zukertort Opening Ampel Variation Herrstrom Gambit Reversed Mexican Defense Santasiere’s Folly Tennison Gambit Lisitsin Gambit

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VII. FINAL NOTE

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INDEXES

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Violations Index Openings Index Opening Moves Index ECO Codes Index SCO Index

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1. INTRODUCTION This encyclopedic guide to all the significant unorthodox opening used by chess players, contains more than 1,000 weird, contentious, controversial, unconventional, arrogant, and outright strange opening strategies. There are loads of surprises, and hundreds and hundreds of named openings and variations. From their tricky tactical surprises to their bizarre names, these openings f ly in the face of tradition. They are a sexy and exotic way to spice up a game, as well as a great tactical weapon to spring on unsuspecting and often unprepared opponents. You’ll not only meet such unusually-named openings as the Orangutang, Raptor Variation, Halloween Gambit, Double Duck, Frankenstein-Dracula Variation and Drunken King! but unorthodox variations off mainstream lines such as the Spanish Game (Ruy Lopez), French Defense, and Sicilian Defense. We’ll also visit with exciting and unusual gambits such as the Ulysses Gambit, Lisitsin Gambit, and Double-Muzio Gambit, and of course, take a stroll into my pet unorthodox opening, the Schiller Defense. We’ll discuss the pros and cons of each unorthodox strategy, present the basic moves along with a representative diagram, and go over the thinking behind the moves and the direction the opening is heading, so that you can fully understand and take advantage of the situation as it develops on the board. Where appropriate, I’ve included illustrative and famous games that have occurred in tournament play so that you can see how weaknesses in the openings were exploited in actual games, or where a surprise unorthodox opening took an opponent off guard, and was carried to victory. Indeed, while many of these sample games were played at the amateur level, a suprising number we’ve included appeared at top levels and included grandmasters and World Champions! There’s lots here to explore, so let’s get on with the fun!

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