Irregular chess opening

Irregular openings are chess openings with an unusual first move from White. Such openings include:
*Anderssen's Opening 1.
*Amar Opening (also known as Paris Opening) 1.
*Barnes Opening (also known as Gedult's Opening) 1.
*Benko's Opening 1.
*Clemenz Opening 1.
*Desprez Opening 1.
*Dunst Opening 1.
*Durkin Opening (also known as Durkin's Attack) 1.
*Grob's Attack 1.
*Mieses Opening 1.
*Saragossa Opening 1.
*Sokolsky Opening (also known as Polish or Orangutan Opening) 1.
*Van 't Kruijs Opening 1.
*Ware Opening 1.

These openings are all categorized under the ECO code A00. The only other possible openings are:
* 1. (King's Pawn Game)
* 1. (Queen's Pawn Game)
* 1. (English Opening)
* 1. (Réti Opening)
* 1. (Bird's Opening) and
* 1. (Larsen's Opening).Note that if White plays a regular opening and Black responds in an unconventional way, the opening is not categorized A00. For instance, 1. is classified as B00 (King's Pawn Opening).

ee also

* Open Game (1. )
* Semi-Open Game (1. other)
* Closed Game (1. )
* Semi-Closed Game (1. other)
* Flank opening (1., 1., 1., and others)

References

Because these openings are not popular with chess players, the standard opening references (see chess opening) do not cover them in detail.
*cite book | author=Schiller, Eric | title=Unorthodox Chess Openings | publisher=Cardoza | year=2003 | id=ISBN 1-58042-072-9

External links

* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adam.bozon/unusual.htm Unusual Openings]