Barnes opening: Fool's Mate
what this for??????????????
This can now help me reach GM level POG
This can now help me reach GM level POG
LMAO XD
This can now help me reach GM level POG
definitely
To be fair, in low rated games (e.g., sub-400), white can do this on purpose and black still won't notice the opportunity half the time. So maybe this will help someone!
This thing even has a official name lmao
YES XDD
To be fair, Barnes opening can lead to some pretty aggressive lines, but you have to be really familiar with it, and by that, you must play a lot of games to get the hang of it. The opening, no doubt, leaves white vulnerable due to exposing his king with absolutely little to no defense, however, there's no doubt in my mind that the idea behind this opening is beckoning black to withdraw his queen early on, taking the focus off of black developing his pieces, and instead, bringing his queen out to play too early. I could be wrong, but I'm strongly suspecting that there are many, many ways to trap the black queen this way, as there could be numerous traps that the queen could fall in, if such a move is made. The opening is crafted by Thomas Barnes, and he was able to beat at least one grand master many games in a row with this opening. The opening may begin with f3, however, g4 was obviously a mistake. Perhaps we can look into the f3 opening altogether before having a few laughs over it?? Cheers! 
Grob's Attack, Keene's Defence and Romford Counter Gambit
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