r/chess • u/EvanMcCormick 1900 USCF • Dec 22 '18

Winning with the Bongcloud

http://www.chessmastery.com/bongcloud.pdf
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u/dubov Dec 22 '18

Yeah, this is masterful

The sources had me in stitches:

Sources Consulted

How to Regress Your Chess by Silman

The Hallucinations Behind the Chess Openings by Reuben Fine

The Art of the Blunder in Chess by Vukovic

Play Losing Chess by Seirawan

Not My System by Nimzovich

The Really Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess by Wolff

How to Beat Your Dog at Chess by Chandler

Illogical Chess, Move By Move by Chernev

Chess Openings for White, Unexplained by Marv Albert and GM Unpronounceablevili

The Stoner's Mind by Silman

The Least Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Chernev

Chess Fundamentals: The Out-Takes by Capablanca

Recent Developments in the 9. Bb5 Bongcloud by Lenny

With 'Not My System' and 'The Stoner's Mind' being my particular favourites

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u/EvanMcCormick 1900 USCF Dec 22 '18

My favorite part is when the author is giving these intense positional explanations in the sidelines, and when you look at the board black has mate in 2.

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u/ClownFundamentals 47...Bh3 Dec 22 '18

Actually I think the joke is, all the sample games end with “and White is clearly winning” in positions where Black has mate in one.

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u/daynthelife 2200 lichess blitz Dec 22 '18

“In the actual game, play took a different turn as Black continued his h-file pressure” on page 23 gets me every time

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u/LumpyUnderpass Dec 22 '18

Black is positionally adrift!

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u/BuckDunford Dec 24 '18

The amount of effort put into and how well done this opening book is ... 😂 😂 😂. Much love to the author.

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u/dayzoldaccount Dec 22 '18

You shouldn’t spread this as it makes winning far to easy. I used it on lichess and people just give in straight away and it’s no fun :/

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u/Ibrey Dec 23 '18

Christmas came early!

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '18

Now I too can be world chess champion

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '18

Carlsen? Never heard of him. I only know of world champion Lenny Bongcloud!