ICC Groups :: UnusualOpenings Group

Description: Group for discussion of unusual openings, unsound openings, gambits, etc. For people interested in playing/discussing these openings, not for those who want to just criticize these openings!
Operator: Beretorn
Channel: 305

Gambit Links

Chess Kamikaze is a good site with some gambits with analyses. Including Icelandic, Blumenfeld, Muzio and Troon gambit etc.

Tom Purser's Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Pages Good site about Diemer and BDG Gambit. This link goes to the table of contents.

Gambits Similar to the DDG Nice Site, some pretty nice coverage. Some gambits include DDG, Alapin French, Albin-Counter Gambit, BDG, Caro-Kann DDG, Winckelmann-Reimer and rare d4 gambits.

Evans Gambit Very interesting page that talks about history, rise, fall and even rebirth of the Evans...(This SITE might be down or not working)...

Unusual Chess Openings Not related to group, but site with list of Unusual openings. Might not agree with all the names and moves. Still should check out the site, it is pretty interesting.

Kaissiber Great mag by Buecker in german about Gambits and Unusual openings. Site leads to info you can check out and even subscribe if you wish.

Marek's 1. b4 World Pretty cool site about b4, has some cool links and worth checking out.

Chess World Seems like pretty interesting chess site. This link should take you to the pgn download area. They include Bird, Sokolsky, King's Gambit, BDG and Budapest to name a few listed.

Logical Chess This seems like a pretty good site to be honest. Clicking on the link will take you to part of site listed as Doesn't 1 g4 lose? If you have any interest in Grob you might wanna check it out.

Chess Cafe Well known chess site that I am sure almost everyone has heard of. This link will take you to the skittles room...

ChessOps Site covers some gambits including Scotch, Evans, King's and Vienna... This site is worth checking out if you have any interest in these... Parts of the page you can interact with and discover more info on the openings...

Chess City Magazine Site talks about some Gambits and Unusual openings for White and Black... Might be worth checking out, seems to cover fair amount of openings...

Keith's Krap This off beat site is run by FM Keith R. Hayward... He covers such things as Bird's Opening, Balogh Counter Gambit, Dutch Defense, Reti Gambit, and other things... I would least take a look at this site if any of that sounds interesting...

Clarendon Court This takes you to coverage of the Clarendon Court(Benograd Defense)...

Urusov Gambit System This site is for those interested in the Urusov Gambit, it consists of a constellation of web sites devoted to it...

Pawn Pusher This is a pretty good site that covers mostly Unusual Openings and Gambits... Also has a fair enough of humor with title like The Grob, The Bad, and The Ugly... They include such things as The Fred, The Bullfrog, and the Drunk Bishop Gambit :)...

Book Reviews

Beretorn's Amazon Reviews Not best reviews but might give some idea about some books. Can always click and read how others review the same book.

Edit this page (operators only)
"help groups" (general information about groups)