Is The Bongcloud good?

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StMichealD

Is The Bongcloud good?

1. e4 e5 2. Ke2

 What's bad about Bongcloud ?



Scottrf

No.

If you don't know why, there's no hope for you.

Pre_VizsIa

Scottrf was right, but man, that was mean.

StMichealD

http://www.chessmastery.com/bongcloud.pdf

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Top 10 Reasons to Play the Bongcloud
 

10. Your current repertoire is too drawish.
 
 
9. You want to avoid the reams of theory needed to play the Najdorf or QGD by selecting an opening with less published thought.
 
 
8. "Everything is playable at the club level."
 
 
7. You are devoted to a de la Maza tactics regimen and don't want to waste time studying openings.
 
 
6. You are intimidated by openings with hard-to-pronounce names like Bogoljubov-Indian, Scheveningen Sicili an, Trompowsky, and Konstantinopolsky
 
 
5. Your current repertoire is too well-known in your club and you want to surprise your opponents.
 
 
4. You can't afford the full version of ChessBase and want an opening where all known games will fit in ChessBase Light's 32,000-game limit.
 
 
3. You're interested in an opening for which no GM or IM has published a refutation.
 
 
2. You’ve noticed that while dozens of people have published “Anti-Sicilian” books, there are far fewer “Anti-Bongcloud” books.
 
dashkee94

One's legal and bad, the other is illegal and good.  And considering that the top ten reasons contain nine entries, I think I know which Bongcloud is being referred to here.  Wink

Scottrf

I just lost a Bongcloud game Cry

WeedMari0

bongcloud is the best opening. just look at: my games.

Thank You 

thegreat_patzer

now I know this is something of a joke... but 14. dxc2?

why not 14. Qxg2 Ne2 15. dxe2...

now black has huge material advantage- just like he should, right?

Squishey

Yeah, the Bongcloud is a dangerous sideline used in the 1980s. It develops the king early and pepare for fast counterplay. Definitely playable imo. The bongcloud countergambit 2. Ke7!? is one of the major attempt to refute the bongcloud, but fortunately the Marijanezy Bind allows white to hold on to an advantage. 

Whole line goes: 1. e4 e5 2. Ke2 Ke7 3. g4 g5 4. Kf3!!

Diakonia
StMichealD wrote:

Is The Bongcloud good?

1. e4 e5 2. Ke2

 
 What's bad about Bongcloud ?



If you have to ask, i can only hope i face you in a tournament.

JackRoach

The king is the least used piece in attacks. Sure there's that Nigel Short game, where he used his king to checkmate, but the king deserves an opening... doesn't it?

I mean, if you were a king would you want to be waiting in a corner until endgame or would you want to attack?

jetoba
TurboFuture123 wrote:

If the king does not lead, how can he expect his subordinates to follow. - Lelouch vi Britannia

You might think the Bongcloud is the perfect opening for the King of the Hill variant.  I often castle against Bongcloud players in that variant and when their king cries "attack the center with me", I do.  I'm mildly surprised at how many checkmates I've delivered in a single-digit number of moves.

hypermuddish

bump

JackRoach

Reverse bump

hypermuddish

reverse flash

Knighthhhh

cm tink dat bangcoud good paggers

hypermuddish

hehehe

1e4-2Nf3isbest

NO. At the end of the day, the answer to that question is always NO.

PleasantEscalator

YES. At the end of the day, the answer to that question is always YES.

jetoba
TXBaseballFan wrote:

NO. At the end of the day, the answer to that question is always NO.

Your response seems to be missing the H-E-DoubleHockeySticks qualifier.

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