Napoleon Opening

The Irregular Openings with e4 is rarely played openings in chess. They are in the ECO codes - classified under the keys B00, C20 or C40 - depending on black rejoinder to 1 e2- e4.

Some opening names listed here are mostly to be found in the English language, the German has not (yet ) enforced no single name. Common German names are characterized at the appropriate point by references to separate articles.

• 2.1 Alapin opening
• 2.2 Portuguese Opening
• 2.3 Parham Attack
• 2.4 Opening with 2 Dd1 -f3 ( " Napoleon's attack " )

• 3.1 Gunderam - defense
• 3.2 Greco - defense
• 3.3 Damianos defense
• 3.4 Latvian Gambit
• 3.5 means Gambit in immigration

Rare Replies to 1 e2- e4

1 ... a7 - a6

After the trains 1 e2- e4 a7 - a6? ( in English St. George Defense or Defense Baker called ), a very rarely played defense, whose goal is a construction with ... b7 - b5 second and subsequent Fianchettierung the ladies runner. The train a7 - a6 edge farmer therefore has similar ideas as the Sokolski opening ( 1 b2- b4). Since the black players but after this train nor a tempo against the whites, who also owns the suit advantage loses, and takes the opportunity to achieve immediate counterplay in the center, this defense is, therefore, very seldom played and is also poorly understood.

Caused a sensation in 1980, this black opening choice of the English grandmaster Tony Miles in his game against the then World Champion Anatoly Karpov. Miles won by an inaccuracy of the Russians in the middle game.

Variants

By train 2 Lf1 - c4? can the white man set a trap, because black is now not with ... b7 - b5 2? can continue without getting into a disadvantage. It follows namely the bishop sacrifice:

On 2 Lf1 - c4 e7 - e6 Black can, however! respond, after which pull b7 - b5 or d7 -d5 once again the runner must according to the following pawn advance.

In models without early Bc4 a diverter in the Modern Defence by 2 ... g7- g6 and 3 ... Bf8 - g7 is quite possible.