What is bongcloud ?


The idea of the Bongcloud is simply this: it is all about getting the king to the other side.
Checkmate is an immediate loss to a player that delivers it. The traditional Bongcloud utilizes the king early, usually with the opening of e4 to get to the kingside pendulum on g3-h3 as it is the quickest path to the other side.
Now there are other theories of going about the Bongcloud. Through the work of Alekhuana, the theory of hypermodern Bongcloud was developed. It involves holding the king back until the middlegame while in return having more active pieces. Traditional Bongcloud players detest this as they believe the King should lead the attack.
If you would like to understand more, please refer to the BK(Bongcloud King), Lenny Bongcloud.

BTW Conqui, as one of the hard-line classical theorists, I would call the pendulum itself "hypermodern" as it seeks to ghet to the otheir side by flank attacks undermining the opponent's centre, man. I prefer to control the centre with king and pawns, which retains the option of a queenside breakthrough.