Unusual Chess Openings
This is a collection of over 60 of the most unusual Chess openings. They are not all necessarily bad openings, its just that you don't play against openings like the Fred Defence every day.
Also included are over 500 example games involving these openings. Most of the games are in PGN format.
Alapin's Opening - 3 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | Ne2 |
Anderssen's Opening - 30 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | a3 |
Anti-Veresov Variation
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | d4 | d5 |
| 2 | Nc3 | Bg4 |
Barnes Defence - Fried Fox Variation
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | f6 |
| 2 | d4 | Kf7 |
Battambang Opening
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | Nc3 | e5 |
| 2 | a3 |
Blackburne Gambit - 7 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | Nf3 | Nc6 |
| 3 | Bc4 | Nd4 |
Click here to go to my Blackburne Gambit Website
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit - 29 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | d4 | d5 |
| 2 | e4 |
Borg Defence - 4 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | g5 |
Budapest Gambit - 41 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | d4 | Nf6 |
| 2 | c4 | e5 |
Click here to go to my Budapest Gambit Website
Carr's Defence
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | h6 |
Clemenz Opening - 11 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | h3 |
Corn Stalk Defence
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | a5 |
Crab Opening
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | a4 | e5 |
| 2 | h4 |
Damiano Defence
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | Nf3 | f6 |
Deprez Opening - 4 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | h4 |
Dresden Variation
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | Nf3 | Nc6 |
| 3 | c4 |
Durkin's Attack
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | Na3 |
Elephant Gambit (Aka Queen's Pawn Counter-Gambit) - 17 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | Nf3 | d5 |
English Orangutan - 4 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | c4 | Nf6 |
| 2 | b4 |
Englund Gambit - 15 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | d4 | e5 |
Fred Defence
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | f5 |
Gedult's Opening - 2 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | f3 |
Greco Defence
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | Nf3 | Qf6 |
Grob Opening - 19 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | g4 |
Guatemala Defence
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | b6 |
| 2 | d4 | Ba6 |
Gunderam Defence - 23 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | Nf3 | Qe7 |
Hippopotamus Defence - 2 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | Nh6 |
| 2 | d4 | g6 |
| 3 | c4 | f6 |
Click here to go to my Hippopotamus Defence Website
Incorrect Opening - 3 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | a6 |
| 2 | d4 | a5 |
Click here to go to my Incorrect Opening Website
Irish Gambit Accepted (Aka Chicago Gambit)
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | Nf3 | Nc6 |
| 3 | Nxe5 | Nxe5 |
| 4 | d4 |
King's Head Variation
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | f3 |
Konstantinopolsky Opening - 3 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | Nf3 | Nc6 |
| 3 | g3 |
Larsen's Attack - 60 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 |
b3 |
Lasker Simul Special - 4 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | g3 | h5 |
Latvian Gambit - 24 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | Nf3 | f5 |
Lemming Defence
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | Na6 |
Leonardis Variation - 5 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | d3 |
Lopez Variation
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | c3 |
Lowe Defence - 10 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | d4 | c6 |
| 2 | c4 | d6 |
Lundin-Kevitz-Mikenas Defence
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | d4 | Nc6 |
| 2 | c4 | e5 |
| 3 | dxe5 | Nxe5 |
| 4 | Nc3 | Nxc4 |
Mason's Variation - 7 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | d4 | d5 |
| 2 | f4 |
Mengarini's Variation
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | a3 |
Mieses Opening - 30 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | d3 |
Napolean's Opening
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | Qf3 |
Novosibirsk Opening - 3 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | Nc3 | c5 |
| 2 | d4 | cxd4 |
| 3 | Qxd4 | Nc6 |
| 4 | Qh4 |
Owen Defence - 30 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | b6 |
Paris Opening - 3 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 |
Nh3 |
Patzer Opening
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | Qh5 |
Polish Defence - 30 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | d4 | b5 |
Polish Opening - 30 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | b4 |
Polish Opening - Tuebingen Variation
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | b4 | Nh6 |
Rat
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | d4 | d6 |
Reti Opening - Pirc-Lisitsin Gambit
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | Nf3 | f5 |
| 2 | e4 |
Rousseau Gambit
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | Nf3 | Nc6 |
| 3 | Bc4 | f5 |
Saragossa Opening - 29 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | c3 |
Schlechter Variation
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | Nf3 | Nc6 |
| 3 | Nc3 | Bb4 |
| 4 | Nd5 | Nf6 |
Schlenker Gambit
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | g3 | f5 |
Steinitz Variation - 28 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | Nf3 | Nc6 |
| 3 | Nc3 | g6 |
St George's Defence - 25 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | a6 |
Click here to go to my St George's Defence Website
Van't Kruijs Opening - 30 Example Games Here
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e3 |
Valencia Opening
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | d3 | e5 |
| 2 | Nd2 |
Venezolana Opening
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | d3 | c5 |
| 2 | Nc3 | Nc6 |
| 3 | g3 |
Ware Opening
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | a4 |
Winawer Defence (Also known as the Gothic Defence)
| Move | White | Black |
| 1 | e4 | e5 |
| 2 | Nf3 | Nc6 |
| 3 | Nc3 | f5 |
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Chess Puzzles
This is a collection of checkmate puzzles.
There are sets of 12 puzzles for beginners, intermediate and advanced players.
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Chess Opening's
From this page you will find links to my various Opening's Websites. There
are websites about the following openings:- Blackburne
Gambit, Budapest Gambit,
Hippopotamus Defence, Incorrect Opening, Ruy
Lopez, Slav Defence, St George's
Defence and a collection of unusual openings. In total there are over 700
example games involving these openings.
Chess Opening's Statistics
These are statistics compiled from over 2 million games. It
shows for each opening and variation what percentage of matches were won by white, black and
were drawn. Also included are white's and black's best and worst 10 openings
statistically and what are the most and least drawish openings. There are
statistics for nearly 300 different openings and variations.