Choosing their openings

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Stewart Reuben
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Choosing their openings

Post by Stewart Reuben » Mon Aug 20, 2012 12:26 pm

Who would have played which Chess Openings?
Coming from India this list is inclined that way. But, go forth and amuse yourselves at the concept.

Politicians
1. Manmohan singh: Tortoise Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Bd3
2. Lal Krishna Advani: Old Indian defence
3. Sharad pawar: Hippopotamus Defence (usually a6, b6, d6, e6, g6, h6)
4. Kasab & afzal guru: Amar Opening: 1. Nh3
5. Sonia Gandhi: Italian Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d4?!
6. Narendra Modi: islami attack
7. Gandhi: passive opening like slav defense or caro-kann defence & he would have asked for a draw on the first move of the game!!!
8. Raj Thakre: Will not play chess until a Marathi Manoos invents an opening
9. Mamta Bannerjee: Center Game
10. Adolf Hitler: Israeli jewish Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4
11. Chidambaram: Mosquito Gambit 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Qh4
12. Mayawati: Elephant Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nxe5 dxe4 4.Bc4 Qg5
13. Digvijay singh: Chameleon defence 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2
14. Laloo yadav: Monkey's Bum attack 1.e4 g6 2.Bc4 Bg7 3.Qf3 e6 4.d4 Bxd4 5.Ne2 Bg7 6.Nbc3
15. Pranav mukherjee: Fox Variation 1.e4 f6 2.d4 Kf7
Social Workers
1. Subramanium Swamy: Mad Dog Attack 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.h4
2. Swami Ramdev Baba: Wild Bull attack 1.e4 Nh6
3. Bhagat Singh, Subhash Chandra Bose & Swatantryaveer Savarkar: English Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 and 7.f3
4. Nathuram Godse: Open Sacrifice Game: 1. e4 e5:
5. Arvind Kejriwal: Wolf Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 exd4
6. Kiran bedi: Snake Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 Bd6
7. Anna Hazare: Neo-Indian Attack
8. Vijay Mallya: Kingfisher Gambit 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4
Actors
1. Sunny Leone & Mallika herawat: Open Game: 1. e4 e5:
2. Amitabh bachchan: Old Indian defence
3. Amir Khan: Tortoise Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Bd3
4. Nana Patekar: Mad Dog Attack : 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.h
Cricketers’
1. Sehwag & Malinga: Wild Bull attack 1.e4 Nh6
2. Rahul Dravid: Stonewall defense
3. Vinod Kambli: Double Duck game 1.f4 f5 2.d4 d5
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Re: Choosing their openings

Post by John Upham » Mon Aug 20, 2012 12:39 pm

It would be instructive to compare these names with those given by Eric Schiller for the same lines in UCO. :D
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Re: Choosing their openings

Post by Andrew Bak » Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:58 pm

Perhaps New Zealand's Chris Martin would be good at "Pairs Chess"

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Re: Choosing their openings

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:47 am

"Perhaps New Zealand's Chris Martin would be good at "Pairs Chess"

Excellent!

For the uninitiated, he is a cricketer whose strength does not lie in batting.
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