IRREGULAR CHESS OPENING

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'Irregular openings' are chess openings with an unusual first move from White. Such openings include:

★ Anderssen's Opening 1.a3

★ Amar Opening (also known as Paris Opening) 1.Nh3

★ Barnes Opening (also known as Gedult's Opening) 1.f3

★ Benko's Opening 1.g3

★ Clemenz Opening 1.h3

★ Desprez Opening 1.h4

★ Dunst Opening 1.Nc3

★ Durkin Opening (also known as Durkin's Attack) 1.Na3

★ Grob's Attack 1.g4

★ Mieses Opening 1.d3

★ Saragossa Opening 1.c3

★ Sokolsky Opening (also known as Polish or Orangutan Opening) 1.b4

★ Van 't Kruijs Opening 1.e3

★ Ware Opening 1.a4
These openings are all categorized under the ECO code A00. The only other possible openings are:

★ 1.e4 (King's Pawn Game)

★ 1.d4 (Queen's Pawn Game)

★ 1.c4 (English Opening)

★ 1.Nf3 (Réti Opening)

★ 1.f4 (Bird's Opening) and

★ 1.b3 (Larsen's Opening).
Note that if White plays a regular opening and Black responds in an unconventional way, the opening is not categorized A00. For instance, 1.e4 a6 is classified as B00 (King's Pawn Opening).

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See also

★ Open Game (1.e4 e5)

★ Semi-Open Game (1.e4 other)

★ Closed Game (1.d4 d5)

★ Semi-Closed Game (1.d4 other)

★ Flank opening (1.c4, 1.Nf3, 1.f4, and others)

References

Because these openings are not popular with elite chess players, the standard opening references (see chess opening) do not cover them in detail.

★ Unorthodox Chess Openings, Schiller, Eric, , , Cardoza, 2003, ISBN 1-58042-072-9

External links

★ Unusual Openings