the reason they are obscure is because they are bad.
a sideline that is decent is QG janowski
the reason they are obscure is because they are bad.
I don't care if they're bad or not. The more the merrier.
But like... REALLY obscure
I wanna learn stuff I never heard of.
Ever heard of the Van Geet Opening: Düsseldorf Gambit?
The Prisoner's Gambit from a recent Gotham vid, looks fun for Blitz.
Magnus played it in 2014 for a Blitz game in Zurich vs Anand
The story of the "Prisoner" the opening is named after is WILD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Bloodgood
The Prisoner's Gambit from a recent Gotham vid, looks fun for Blitz.
Interesting. Kinda looks like a budapest gambit for white
Ever heard of the Van Geet Opening: Düsseldorf Gambit?
That sounds like something that would never happen, lol
This is one that I play against the Italian
wat?
sturm gambit
Wait, what!?
I have a few weird ones. The anti Sicilian game is very unorthodox and your opponent usually makes mistakes since they can't find out what you are doing and I have always found smyslovs lines weird but they can be fun to play
Here's are the obscure ones:
The Drunken Cavalry: 1. e4 Na6 2. Nf3 Nh6
The Krazy Kat: 1. f3 e5 2. Nh3 d5 3. Nf2
The Walrus: 1.Nf3 e5 2.Nxe5 Nc6 3.Nxc6 dxc6
The Unicorn: 1.e4 f6 2.d4 b6 3.c4 Bb7
Kahiko-Hula Gambit:
Hekili-Loa Gambit: 1.e4 b6 2.d4 c5 3.dxc5 Nc6
Banzai-Leong Gambit: 1.e4 e6 2.b4
Also, who has heard of the Anti-Anti-Gruenfeld?
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e4
And last but not least, the Horny Defense:
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qxg4 Nf6 8. Qxf4 Bd6
But like... REALLY obscure
I wanna learn stuff I never heard of.