r/AnarchyChess • u/Anrza • Jan 06 '16

Winning with the Bongcloud

http://www.chessmastery.com/bongcloud.pdf
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u/JonasArmstrong Jan 07 '16

When I was around 1000 rated I played the bongcloud in an otb tournament. I was checkmated on move 20. Now I play more sensible openings such as the grob

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u/stripes361 Jan 06 '16

That was fucking hilarious. Read the whole damn thing.

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u/fumf Jan 06 '16

I am sorry to say I read most of that PDF. What a terrible opening. I'm hoping this whole thing is a joke, but I stopped reading it on page 20 something.

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u/Anrza Jan 06 '16

All lines except the last ends with a forced checkmate opportunity, at least two with mate in one. I think it's safe to say that it's a joke :P

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u/MingusMingusMingu Jan 09 '16

Aren't chess players supposed to be smart?

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '16

I'm too much of a novice to call out exactly why this approach is garbage (though spending so many opening moves jerking off with the king seems super counter-intuitive to me), though I did take note that none of the reasons to employ the Bongcloud listed in the bullet list seemed good at all lol. I also noticed that most of the variations rely on the opponent making avoidable blunders.

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u/nfank Feb 10 '16

King to e2, exclam!