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Chess opening
The Bongcloud Attack (or Bongcloud Opening) is an unconventional chess opening that consists of the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Ke2? It is considered a joke opening
Bongcloud_Attack
Chess opening
The King's Indian Attack (or KIA) is a chess opening system where White adopts the setup more commonly seen being played by Black in the King's Indian
King's_Indian_Attack
Chess opening
The Fried Liver Attack, also called the Fegatello Attack (named after an Italian dish), is a chess opening variation of the Two Knights Defense in which
Fried_Liver_Attack
Chess opening
These include 2.b3, the Euwe Attack; 2.b4, the Labahn Attack; 2.g4, the Spike Variation; and 2.Ne2, the Bohemian Attack. The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings
Caro–Kann_Defence
Chess game played in London in 1851
the game by sacrificing all of his major pieces while developing a mating attack with his remaining minor pieces. Despite losing the game, Kieseritzky was
Immortal_Game
Chess opening
The Nimzowitsch–Larsen Attack (also known as Larsen's Opening and Queen's Fianchetto Opening) is a chess opening that begins with the move: 1.b3 Frequently
Nimzowitsch–Larsen_Attack
Chess opening
most commonly followed by 2.d4 d5. Black usually plays ...c5 soon after, attacking White's pawn centre and gaining space on the queenside. The French has
French_Defence
Chess opening
Grob's Attack, or the Grob Opening, is an unconventional chess opening in which White begins with the move: 1. g4 It is widely considered to be one of
Grob's_Attack
Chess opening
Trompowsky Attack 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 Torre Attack 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Torre Attack, Fianchetto Defence 2.c4 e6 3.Bg5 Neo-Indian Attack The Trompowsky Attack, Torre
Indian_Defence
Chess opening
several sequences of opening moves known as the Bongcloud Attack. It is also known as the Fried Fox Attack, Wandering King Opening, The Hammerschlag, Tumbleweed
Barnes_Opening
Chess opening
2.Ne2, Alapin's Opening, another offbeat try for White. 2.Ke2, the Bongcloud Attack, considered a joke opening. Closed Game (1.d4 d5) Flank opening (1
Open_Game
Chess opening
KGA. White can also play 3.Nf3 instead of 3.exd5, known as the Blackburne Attack, whose typical continuation is 3...dxe4 4.Nxe5. A more modern alternative
King's_Gambit
Chess opening
except for the Richter–Rauzer Attack, including the Sozin Attack and the Boleslavsky Variation. B60–B69: The Richter–Rauzer Attack of the Classical Variation
Sicilian_Defence
Chess opening
twice in the opening and is in the center of the board, where White can attack it with gain of time (Nf3). Grandmasters such as Tiviakov have shown, however
Scandinavian_Defense
Chess opening
one of the most popular and theoretically important lines, the Yugoslav Attack, White meets Black's setup with Be3, Qd2 and Bh6, exchanging off the Dragon
Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation
Sicilian_Defence,_Dragon_Variation
absolute since the pinned piece cannot legally move out of the line of attack (as moving it would expose the king to check). Cf. relative pin. active
Glossary_of_chess
Game piece for playing chess
more valuable than a queen if a particular angle is required for a mating attack, such as certain smothered mates. The humble pawn becomes more and more
Chess_piece
Chess piece
to the rook. When unobstructed, a rook attacks fourteen squares regardless of position, whereas a bishop attacks no more than thirteen (from one of four
Bishop_(chess)
Chess opening
bishop to the active square c4 (the so-called "Italian bishop"), where it attacks Black's pawn on f7, protected only by the king. Black usually responds
Italian_Game
Chess opening
both sides launch simultaneous attacks on their opponents' kings, with Black often planning a queenside minority attack. This is often carried out by means
Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation
Sicilian_Defence,_Najdorf_Variation
Chess-playing automaton hoax (1770–1854)
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Mechanical_Turk
Chess opening
Variation) 7.Qd2 (Blackburne Attack) 7.Bb5 (Paulsen Attack) 6.c3 Qg6 (Millennium Variation) 6.Nb5 Bxe3 7.fxe3 (Blumenfeld Attack) 5.Nxc6 Qf6 (Intermezzo Variation)
Scotch_Game
Internet chess server
2+1 Leela Chess Zero Stockfish Double Bongcloud, Rapid 2021 10+2 Leela Chess Zero Stockfish The Hillbilly Attack 2021 10+2 Leela Chess Zero Dragon Romantic
Chess.com
Chess opening
with either ...b5 and queenside play, or ...f5 and an eventual kingside attack. Meanwhile, White attempts to expand on the opposite wing. The resulting
King's_Indian_Defence
Chess opening
of the game. It also contrasts with the Trompowsky Attack (if Black plays 1...Nf6) and Hodgson Attack (if Black plays 1...d5), where White develops the
London_System
Chess opening
move. Earlier in the game, Reshevsky was able to block White's kingside attack by playing ...Nf6–e8 and ...f7–f5. Now, both White's bishops are reduced
Nimzo-Indian_Defence
Chess opening
pawns forward to form a broad pawn centre, with plans to undermine and attack the white structure later in the spirit of hypermodern defence theory. Grandmaster
Alekhine's_Defence
Chess opening that is considered unusual
famously used 1...a6 to defeat Anatoly Karpov. List of chess openings Bongcloud Attack Hooper & Whyld, The Oxford Companion to Chess, Oxford University Press
Irregular_chess_opening
Chess piece
stands. A factor in favor of the rook and bishop together is that they can attack (or defend) a square twice, whereas a queen can do so only once. However
Queen_(chess)
Culture relating to cannabis
has also infiltrated other subcultures such as chess, whereby the "Bongcloud Attack" denotes a high risk opening sequence. Cannabis was once sold in clubs
Cannabis_culture
Chess opening
Bird's Opening (or the Bird Opening, Stein Opening, or the Dutch Attack) is a chess opening beginning with the move: 1. f4 Named after 19th-century English
Bird's_Opening
Chess opening
Maróczy Bind. With 2.e3 Nf6, the position transposes into a Panov–Botvinnik Attack after 3.d4 cxd4 4.exd4 d5. Alternatively, the position could transpose into
English_Opening
Chess tournament
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World Blitz Chess Championship
World_Blitz_Chess_Championship
Chess opening
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Queen's_Gambit
Open-source online chess platform
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Lichess
Chess opening
Pirc and Robatsch together as the "Pirc–Robatsch Defense". The Austrian Attack begins 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3, and was a favourite of
Pirc_Defence
Chess opening
Bf5 5.Nc3 (Nimzowitsch Attack) 5.Qe2 (Lasker Variation) 5.d3 5.c4 (Kaufmann Attack) 5.Bd3 (Millennium Attack) 4.Nc4 (Paulsen Attack) 4.Nd3 (Karklins-Martinovsky
Petrov's_Defence
Chess opening
Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5, though this gives White the option of playing the Harrwitz Attack (5.Bf4) instead. If Black chooses to continue with 6...h6, this is considered
Queen's_Gambit_Declined
List of codes used to classify chess openings
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Chess opening
The Austrian Attack is a chess opening characterised by the following moves: 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 The opening is a variation of the Pirc
Pirc_Defence,_Austrian_Attack
Chess opening
has been called the Chigorin Gambit, attacking the bishop before White can move the pawn and resume the attack. The main line continues 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6
Two_Knights_Defense
Chess opening
Nd5 Nxd5 7.exd5 e4 (Gunsberg Counterattack) 6.Nd5 Bc5 7.d4 (Blackburne Attack) 4...Nd4 (Rubinstein Variation) 5.Ba4 (main line) 5.Bc4 (modern line) 5
Four_Knights_Game
Chess pattern of development
formerly protecting will become weak (see hole) and can form the basis of an attack (particularly if the fianchetto was performed on the kingside). Exchanging
Fianchetto
Chess opening
"traditional" or "classic method" begins with the moves: 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 White attacks Black's pawn from the flank. If Black defends the pawn with 2...c6 or 2
Réti_Opening
Austrian-American chess player (1836–1900)
Although Steinitz became "world number one" by winning in the all-out attacking style that was common in the 1860s, he unveiled in 1873 a new positional
Wilhelm_Steinitz
American chess grandmaster and streamer (born 1987)
often plays games using "joke openings" while on stream, including the Bongcloud Attack, the Jerome Gambit and the Botez Gambit. Nakamura has stated that he
Hikaru_Nakamura
Chess opening
Nf3 d5 2.c4), the King's Indian Attack (where White plays g3, Bg2, e4, d3, and 0-0), and the Nimzowitsch–Larsen Attack (where White plays b3, Bb2, and
Zukertort_Opening
Chess opening
Gambit) 3...Nc6 4.d3 (Berlin-Vienna Hybrid Variation) 3...Bc5 (Spielmann Attack) 3...Bb4 (Reversed Spanish Variation) 3.g3 (Mieses Variation) 3...d5 4.exd5
Vienna_Game
Advantage of White over Black in chess
B. (2003). The Marshall Attack. Gloucester Publishers. p. 6. ISBN 1-85744-244-X. J. H. Donner wrote of the Marshall Attack, "This sacrifice of a pawn
First-move_advantage_in_chess
Style of chess, 18th to 19th century
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Romantic_chess
Chess opening
development and active posting of their pieces in order to rapidly build up an attack at the cost of the gambit pawn. It is one of the few gambits available to
Blackmar–Diemer_Gambit
Chess opening
d4 f5 Black's 1...f5 stakes a claim to the e4-square and envisions an attack in the middlegame on White's kingside; however, it also weakens Black's
Dutch_Defence
Unofficial World Computer Chess Championship
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Board and pieces for playing the game of chess
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Chess_set
Norwegian chess grandmaster (born 1990)
under many screen names. He is known for meme openings such as the Bongcloud Attack and exceptionally strong play, despite banter and gags. Carlsen vs
Magnus_Carlsen
Chess opening
Maróczy. White has several different attacking schemes available, but the one considered most dangerous is the Keres Attack, named after GM Paul Keres, which
Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation
Sicilian_Defence,_Scheveningen_Variation
Chess opening
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Catalan_Opening
Finding an optimal algorithm for playing chess
http://www.chessgames.com Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathlan Anand, King's Indian Attack: Double Fianchetto (A07), 1/2-1/2, 16 moves. Bremermann, H.J. (1965). "Quantum
Solving_chess
Chess opening
allows White to occupy the center with pawns on d4 and e4, then proceeds to attack and undermine this "ideal" center without attempting to occupy it. The Modern
Modern_Defense
Chess opening
the bishop to the active square b5 (the so-called "Spanish bishop"), attacking the knight that defends Black's e-pawn. Recommended by the 16th century
Ruy_Lopez
Chess opening
Defense where White has chosen the offensive line 4.Ng5, immediately attacking the f7-square with the knight and bishop, and Black has replied 4...Bc5
Traxler_Counterattack
Chess opening
the White pawn centre by well-timed pawn advances of their own or by attacking the white pieces defending the centre. World Champion Garry Kasparov and
Nimzowitsch_Defence
Chess opening
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Tennison_Gambit
Reference work on chess openings
Defence Bird's Opening Anti-Indian systems (Trompowsky Attack, Torre Attack, Richter–Veresov Attack) Irregular openings, etc. Sicilian Defence Caro-Kann
Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings
Encyclopaedia_of_Chess_Openings
Chess opening
will sacrifice one or two pawns for the sake of rapid development and the attack. However, with care, Black can accept one or both pawns safely, or simply
Danish_Gambit
Computer chess competition
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World Computer Chess Championship
World_Computer_Chess_Championship
Chess opening
4...Bd6, or 4...Be7. 4.d4 usually continues 4...exd4 5.0-0, the Nyholm Attack, or 5.e5 Ne4 6.0-0. 4.Bxc6 is possible but inferior to 4.d3 and only then
Berlin_Defence
Chess opening
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Baltic_Defense
1982 video game
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1K_ZX_Chess
Computer chess championship held from 1970 to 1994
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North American Computer Chess Championship
North_American_Computer_Chess_Championship
Chess opening
The Torre Attack is a chess opening characterized by the moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 (ECO code A46) or the Tartakower Variation in the Queen's Pawn
Torre_Attack
Chess rule
rubber at the Magnus Carlsen Invitational with a variation of the Bongcloud Attack – Nakamura admitted that with both players secure in passage to the
Threefold_repetition
Chess opening
sacrificed pawn, Black has a central wedge at d4 and gets some chances for an attack. Often White will try to return the pawn at an opportune moment to gain
Albin_Countergambit
Chess opening
d4 cxd4 3. c3 White sacrifices a pawn to develop quickly and create attacking chances. In exchange for the gambit pawn, White has a piece developed
Smith–Morra_Gambit
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List_of_chess_grandmasters
Chess patterns
for Adolf Anderssen), the rook or queen is supported by a diagonally attacking piece such as a pawn or bishop as it checkmates the opposing king along
Checkmate_pattern
Chess opening
large pawn centre can either be a powerful battering ram or a target for attack. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. The first
Grünfeld_Defence
Chess opening
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Sicilian Defence, Alapin Variation
Sicilian_Defence,_Alapin_Variation
Chess opening
reliable antidotes. Alexander Alekhine showed how White could get a strong attack with 4.e4 in his games against Ilya Rabinovich (Baden-Baden 1925) and Adolf
Budapest_Gambit
Chess game played by Garry Kasparov
attack. 26...Kxa5 27. b4+ Ka4 28. Qc3?! Lubomir Kavalek, writing for The Washington Post, was the first one to observe that Ra7!! is a better attack for
Kasparov's_Immortal
Chess opening
centre, White will try to seize space in the centre and use it to launch an attack on Black's position. Black's game is not devoid of counterchances, however
Queen's_Gambit_Accepted
Chess opening
structure offers White targets, especially the possibility of a minority attack on the queenside in the Exchange Variation (2...e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5). The
Slav_Defense
Chess opening
After 6...Be7 7.Bg2 c6, however, Black is ready to play d7–d5, again attacking the c-pawn. If White plays cxd5 then ...cxd5 is considered to equalize
Queen's_Indian_Defense
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Chess opening
be played later in one move, if possible. Black also avoids the Yugoslav Attack, but since White has not yet played Nc3, 5.c4 (the Maróczy Bind) is possible
Sicilian Defence, Accelerated Dragon
Sicilian_Defence,_Accelerated_Dragon
Chess opening
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Balogh_Defense
Chess opening
The Durkin Opening, also known as the Durkin Attack or the Sodium Attack is a rarely-played chess opening that consists of the following move: 1. Na3
Durkin_Opening
Chess opening
a rarely seen alternative line for Black is 4...d5 5.exd5, the Paulsen Attack; the most common continuation is 5...Qxd5 6.Qe2+ Be7 7.Nb5 Na6 8.N1c3+/=
Philidor_Defence
Chess opening
f5 15. Bd5 Rf6? Better is 15...Bxd5!? 16.Qxd5+ Rf7 17.Nh5 with a strong attack. 16. Re1 Bxd5 17. Qxd5+ Rf7 18. Nh5 g6 19. Bh6 Nc6 20. Rge3 (diagram) 1–0
Owen's_Defence
Chess opening
.Bc5. White usually replies with 10.Nd3, blocking the bishop's line of attack on White's rook and threatening Black's other bishop. Play then tends to
Jaenisch_Gambit
Chess opening
pawn majority and excellent spatial advantage with good attacking chances; and the River Styx Attack, which continues 5.Nc3 Ba6 6.e4 d6 7.f4 g6 8.e5. This
Benko_Gambit
Game of chess via postal system or e-mail
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Correspondence_chess
Chess opening
Benoni, or to offer a pawn sacrifice with 3...b5 in exchange for a queenside attack, known as the Benko Gambit. 3...d6 or 3...g6 are also seen, typically transposing
Benoni_Defense
Humorous chess puzzle
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Joke_chess_problem
Chess engine
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Junior_(chess_program)
Chess opening
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Sicilian Defence, Sveshnikov Variation
Sicilian_Defence,_Sveshnikov_Variation
Chess opening
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Blumenfeld_Gambit
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System of points scoring in the game of chess
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Chess_scoring
Chess opening
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Old_Indian_Defense
BONGCLOUD ATTACK
BONGCLOUD ATTACK
Boy/Male
Arabic
Impetuous; Attacking Violently
Girl/Female
Muslim
Attack
Boy/Male
Muslim
Attacker
Boy/Male
Arabic
Impetuous; Attacking Violently
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Attack
Boy/Male
Indian, Kannada
Attack Like a Tiger
Boy/Male
Native American
attacking hawk.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Attack; This was the Name of Huyama Al-awsabiyah Al-danishqiyah; She was a Jurist of Great Rank and a Very Pious Woman
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a nickname for a sarcastic, witty, or spiteful person, from early modern English squibbe ‘lampoon’, ‘satirical attack’. The word, which is probably of imitative origin, is not recorded until the 16th century; the original sense was ‘firework’.
Boy/Male
Greek
One of the Thebes attackers.
Boy/Male
Greek
One of the attackers against Thebes.
Girl/Female
Indian
Attack
Boy/Male
Greek
One of the attackers in 'The Seven Against Thebes'.
Boy/Male
Greek Latin
One of the attackers of Thehes.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Attacker
Boy/Male
Norse
Leader of the attack on Hlidarend.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Nottinghamshire)
English (chiefly Nottinghamshire) : variant of Hart.German : topographic name from Middle High German hurt ‘hurdle’, ‘woven fence’.Dutch : nickname, presumably for a pugnacious or aggressive person, from Middle Dutch hort, hurt ‘strike’, ‘blow’, ‘attack’.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
To Attack Violently and Persistently
Girl/Female
Latin
To seek; to attack.
Boy/Male
Greek
Helps defend Thebes against the attackers.
BONGCLOUD ATTACK
BONGCLOUD ATTACK
Female
Egyptian
, the mother of the scribe Sa-pthah.
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Purity righteousness, honesty
Girl/Female
Indian
Greeting, Salutation
Boy/Male
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Sweet Gold; Sweet; Loveable
Girl/Female
Basque
Refers to the Virgin Mary.
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English, French, Irish, Swedish
Elfin; Good Elf; Noble Friend; White; Noble; Bright
Boy/Male
Biblical
Their king; their counselor.
Girl/Female
American, British, English, Greek
Pure; Modern Variant of Karen
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
Teacher of Gods ( Brihaspati )
Boy/Male
Australian, Greek
Form of Timothy; One who Honours God
BONGCLOUD ATTACK
BONGCLOUD ATTACK
BONGCLOUD ATTACK
BONGCLOUD ATTACK
BONGCLOUD ATTACK
v. t.
To engage with; to attack.
v. i.
To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.
a.
Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease.
v. t.
To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.
n.
The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense.
n.
A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2.
v. t.
To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet.
n.
An attack; an assault.
a.
Acting, characterized, or produced by unjust or improper force; outrageous; unauthorized; as, a violent attack on the right of free speech.
n. pl.
A division of insects, considered by some writers a distinct order, but regarded by others as belonging to the Hemiptera. They are all of small size, and have narrow, broadly fringed wings with rudimentary nervures. Most of the species feed upon the juices of plants, and some, as those which attack grain, are very injurious to crops. Called also Physopoda. See Thrips.
v.
A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie.
n.
A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament.
imp. & p. p.
of Attack
n.
One who attacks.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Attack
n.
Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic.
n.
The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation.
v. i.
To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state by violence.
v. i.
To make an onset or attack.
a.
Capable of being attacked.