Creepy Crawly Formation

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uttanka

Is there a reason behind this crazy move series i.e. 1.a3 e5 2.h3 d5 ?

 

Hadron

Yes, there is

uttanka

what

Hadron

Very well.

While the Creepy Crawly Opening has some theory (for what it is worth) it is an opening based on guiding principles, the chief of which during opening play nothing should placed in the center of the board (by which is meant the e4 & d4 bridge)

The following is a perfect example of the ideas of the opening.

Attack on the wings,win important sqaures and hide the king behind the central pawn phalax


oh...and if you hadn't noticed. The CCO can be played with both colors

Tardivark
I know this is probably not the BEST time to comment on this thread, being it over a year old, but can someone please tell me why they did the moves they did, particularly the 4th white move? Why didn't white just take the pawn?
cristobalinho

Tardivark wrote:

I know this is probably not the BEST time to comment on this thread, being it over a year old, but can someone please tell me why they did the moves they did, particularly the 4th white move? Why didn't white just take the pawn?

because after taking the pawn blacks could make a check with the queen and recover material

Hadron
cristobalinho wrote:
because after taking the pawn blacks could make a check with the queen and recover material

Ah…not quite. Check out the attached game. The Creepy Crawly Opening is a multi-dimensional concept (as cheesy as that sounds) as it comes with many ideas rolled in to the method of developing one’s pieces.

 

 

Basman in the comments on this game basically said that taking on c5 allows Black to play actively. Now, I am not saying by any stretch of the imagination that this is a well played game but you can see by first taking on c5 and then trying to dogerly hold on to the pawn White ties himself in all kinds of knots. It is like after 1.d4 c5 you will always universally see 2.d5 because black can actively pursue the pawn if it goes to c5 after dxc5. You can even see the same theme with colors reversed in the Queen's gambit with 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. Nc3 a6 6. axb5 cxb5 for instant.

HTH

 

MayCaesar

Magnus even played 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8 in a serious game. This opening is of the same kind: no one said chess doesn't allow humor!

SonOfThunder2

CCO, I like it. Points for originality

AS_level
Tardivark wrote:
I know this is probably not the BEST time to comment on this thread, being it over a year old, but can someone please tell me why they did the moves they did, particularly the 4th white move? Why didn't white just take the pawn?

better late than never.

enakwenn

tru

teju17

uhh, I'm here becuz of the comment b4 me

enakwenn

It's good to learn about the best in chess theory. 4 years from the past, but who knows how far into the future.

TheTurnipWizard

that opening got me like

JessieWill

CCO is my original (albeit unintentional) method of playing chess before i really started playing

kevinemery

Haha well you had a better feeling for the game than I did Jessie. As white I always played stuff like
1. e4 e5
2. h4 d5
3. h5 Nc6
4. Rh4 and I tried to get both my rooks out on the 3rd rank before establishing any pawn chains or developing any other pieces.

3hh8

I won a game playing the creepy crawly variation against a 1600 rated player (I am 1500 rated)

3hh8
3hh8 wrote:

I won a game playing the creepy crawly variation against a 1600 rated player (I am 1500 rated)

It was blitz

RalphHayward

Although I'm very late to the party, in case it's of use to any later readers I'd add re the question posed by @Tardivark at #5 that game analysis by Basman/Welling gives 4. dxc5, e6 as the prescription for Black but with no further explanation (from "U Cannot Be Serious", Basman and Welling; Thinkers Publishing 2021). Make of that what you will.

tygxc

It is not that bad, this is a classical time control game from the Lloyd's Bank Masters:

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1026344

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