Bizarre Chess Openings Named After Animals

Bizarre Chess Openings Named After Animals

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- Tortoise Opening (as white against e5)

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- Tortoise Opening (as white against e5)

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Bizarre Chess Openings Named After Animals

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  1. 1 - Intro
  2. 2 - lichess database explanation
  3. 3 - Kangaroo Defense (as black against d4)
  4. 4 - Scorpion-Horus Gambit (as white against Caro-Kann)
  5. 5 - Fried Fox Defense (as black)
  6. 6 - Chameleon Variation (as white against Sicilian)
  7. 7 - Lobster Gambit (as white against Latvian Gambit)
  8. 8 - Double Duck Formation (as black against d4/f4)
  9. 9 - Gibbon Gambit (as white against Grunfeld Defense)
  10. 10 - Dodo Variation (as white against King's Gambit Accepted)
  11. 11 - Tortoise Opening (as white against e5)
  12. 12 - Vulture Defense (as black against d4)
  13. 13 - Horsefly Gambit (as white against Mexican Defense)
  14. 14 - Snail Variation (as black against d4)
  15. 15 - Mosquito Gambit (as black against d4)
  16. 16 - Porcupine Variation (as white against f5)
  17. 17 - Penguin Variation (as white against d5)
  18. 18 - Mongoose Variation (as black against e4)
  19. 19 - Monkey's Bum (as white against Modern)
  20. 20 - Hippopotamus Defense (as black)
  21. 21 - Part 2 (Animal Opening Traps) Coming Next!

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