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The Clemenz Opening is a chess opening beginning with the move: 1. h3. This opening is named after Hermann Clemenz (1846–1908), an Estonian player. [1] It is considered an irregular opening and is classified under the code A00 (irregular first moves by White) in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
Grob's Attack, or the Grob Opening, is an unconventional chess opening in which White begins with the move: 1. g4. It is widely considered to be one of the worst possible first moves for White. International Master (IM) John Watson writes, "As far as I can tell, 1 g4 is competitive with 1 h4 for the honour of being White's worst first move ...
Anderssen then employed the opening which came to bear his name in three consecutive games where he controlled the white pieces—the sixth, the eighth, and the tenth. As the match progressed his performance with the opening improved, losing the sixth, drawing the eighth, and finally securing a win in the tenth game.
An Open Game (or Double King's Pawn Opening) is a generic term for a family of chess openings beginning with the moves: . 1. e4 e5. White has moved the king's pawn two squares and Black has replied in kind.
Other opening moves by White, along with a few non-transposing lines beginning 1.g3, are classified under the code "A00" by the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings and described as "uncommon" or "irregular". [6] [7] Although they are classified under a single code, these openings are unrelated to each other. The openings classified as A00 are:
The Queen's Gambit is the chess opening that starts with the moves: [1]. 1. d4 d5 2. c4. It is one of the oldest openings and is still commonly played today. It is traditionally described as a gambit because White appears to sacrifice the c-pawn; however, this could be considered a misnomer as Black cannot retain the pawn without incurring a disadvantage.
The Barnes Opening (sometimes called Gedult's Opening) is a chess opening where White opens with: . 1. f3. The opening is named after Thomas Wilson Barnes (1825–1874), an English player who had an impressive [1] eight wins over Paul Morphy, including one game where Barnes answered 1.e4 with 1...f6, known as the Barnes Defence.
The opening's name is thought to originate either from Chess.com user "Lenny_Bongcloud", who used the opening with little success, [1] or more generally in reference to a bong, a device used to smoke cannabis, humorously implying that one would need to be intoxicated to think that using the opening is a legitimate strategy.